To Assemble The Right Front Hanger; Assemble The Rear Mounting Bracket; To Assemble The Left Front Hanger - Craftsman 842.240563 Owner's Manual

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TO ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT FRONT
HANGER
• If your tractor is equipped with a side mounted
muffler and muffler guard, you must loosen the
upper Bolt and remove the lower Bolt, Nut and
Washer from the Muffler Guard. (See Fig 5)
• Place three 3/8 x 1" Hex Bolts and three Nylock
Nuts on the right foot pad before starting to
assemble.
• Install the Right Front Hanger between the Tractor
Frame and the Muffler Guard, with the clevis of the
hanger to the outside of the Tractor Frame,
• Align the holes in the Right Front Hanger with the
holes in the Muffler Guard and the Tractor Frame.
• Install three 3/8 x 1" Hex Bolts from inside the
Tractor Frame, thru the Muffler Guard, and Right
Front Hanger. •
• Secure with three 3/8 Nylock Nuts.
NOTE: On some tractor models the holes used to mount
the right and left front mounting brackets already have
a bolt in them. If your tractor is so equipped, simply
remove the shorter bolt and replace it with the 3/8 x 1"
bolt supplied with the snow thrower.
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RIGHT
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MUFFLER
LOOSEN \
BOLT & NUT
MUFFLER\
GUARD
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REMOVE BOLT,
NUT & WASHER
FRONT HANGER
FIG. 5
TO ASSEMBLE THE LEFT FRONT
HANGER
NOTE: You may need to drill two holes in the tractor
frame of pre 1995 tractors.
• Place three 3/8 x 1" Hex Bolts and three Nylock
Nuts on the left foot pad before starting to
assemble. (See Fig .6)
• Place the Left Front Hanger on the left side of the
Tractor Frame with the clevis to the outside of the
Tractor Frame.
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• Align one hole in the rear of the Left Front Hanger
with the hole in the Tractor Frame and secure with
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one 3/8 x 1" Hex Bolt and one 3/8 Nylock Nut.
• Tighten rear bolt and nut to secure bracket.
• Center Punch and drill one hole.
• Assemble a bolt and nut into the drilled hole to
secure the front of the bracket.
• Center punch and drill second hole.
• Assemble a bolt and nut into second hole to secure
bracket.
3/8
x
1· HEX BOLT
3/8" NYLOCK NUT
FIG. 6
ASSEMBLE THE REAR MOUNTING
BRACKET
• Remove two bolts, two flat washers and two nuts
from the rear of each Tractor Foot Pad. (See Fig 7)
• Place the Rear mounting Bracket on the back side
of the tractor foot pads with the offset towards the
rear of the tractor.
• Secure Rear Mounting Bracket to tractor Foot Pads
and Tractor Rear Fenders with four 3/8 x 1-1/4" Hex
Bolts and four Nylock Nuts.
TRACTOR
FOOT PAD
TRACTOR REAR
FENDER
3/8 x 1 1/4 HEX
BOLT
3/8 NYLOCK NUT
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REAR MOUNTING
BRACKET
FIG. 7
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