Operator's Manual
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Removal of flex tip reel should be done on a hard and
level surface.
Raise front of sweeper as high as possible by
lowering jack.
Raise reel to highest position.
Remove lower belt guard (Fig. 40) and reel drive
belt (Fig. 41).
Remove (2) capscrews, lockwashers and nuts
securing reel shaft bearings to reel support arms on
each side of sweeper. Lower flex tip reel to the ground.
Lift reel support arms to the highest position.
Slide end of rake rearward and pull out from under
machine.
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A 32 tooth jackshaft sprocket, a 19 tooth idler sprocket
and a No. 60 chain make up the Thatcher Kit Drive
Components.
Remove lower belt guard (Fig. 40) and reel drive
belt (Fig. 41).
Remove capscrew and washer securing jackshaft
pulley to jackshaft and remove pulley.
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Slide 16 Tooth Jackshaft sprocket onto jackshaft.
Secure by tightening two (2) set screws and lock
nuts on sprocket hub.
Remove idler pulley presently on machine and
replace it with 19 tooth (#60) idler sprocket supplied
with Thatcher Kit.
Slide Thatcher into position and secure to reel
support arms.
Align idler sprocket with jackshaft sprocket and
thatcher sprocket.
Install No. 60 chain, included in kit. Lubricate with
SAE 30 oil.
Push down on idler sprocket until desired chain
tension is obtained.
Fasten idler sprocket securely.
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screws must be removed when thatcher is installed on
machine.
Put reel support arms in a lowered position.
Remove jam nut and adjusting screw. Slide spacer
off adjusting screw.
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Reassemble jam nut and adjusting screw with
spacer positioned on adjusting screw between pivot
block and clevis. This is the storage position for spacer
during thatcher operation.
Repeat procedure on other side of sweeper.
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thatcher is removed and either the brush or flex tip reel
is mounted to sweeper.
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Remove capscrew and locknut from one end of
reel.
Remove locknut only, from opposite end of reel.
Drive rod from end plate. Drive rod from end
without the tab welded to it.
Remove finger plates or rods as required and
replace.
Line up finger plate with rod and drive rod back
through end plate.