Owner`s manual

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS

TINE REPLACEMENT (See Figs. 26, 27 and

28)

i _ CAUTION: Tines are sharp. Wear

gloves or other protection when han-

dling tines.

A badly worn tine causes your tiller to work harder and dig

more shallow° Most important, worn tines cannot chop and

shred organic matter as effectively nor bury itas deeply as

good tines. A tine this worn needs to be replaced_

NEW TINE WORN TINE

• To maintain the superb tilling performance of this

machine the tines should be checked for sharpness,

wear, andbending,particularlythetineswhicharenext

to the transmission, If the gap between the tines

exceeds 3-1/2 inches they should be replaced or

straightened as necessary.

• New tines should be assembled as shown in Fig. 28°

Sharpened tine edges willrotate rearward from above.

TINE TRANSMISSION

TINE

FIG. 26

FIG. 27

SHARP EDGE

HAIRPIN CLIP

SHARP EDGES

SHARP EDGE

_! COUNTERITINE

ROTATION

CLEVIS PIN

SHARP EDGE

SHARP EDGES

FIG. 28