Installation Instructions

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Printed in the USA

 2002 by The Toro Company

8111 Lyndale Avenue South

Bloomington, MN 55420-1196

Handle Guide Kit

Model No. 105-8593

Form No. 3327-558

Installation Instructions

Contents of the Kit

DESCRIPTION QUANTITY

Left handle guide 1

Right handle guide 1

Removing the Old Handle

Guides

1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.

2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.

3. Loosen the nut on the traction cable anchor (Fig. 1).

m-5915

Figure 1

1. Blade brake cable end

fitting

2. Blade control bar

3. Traction cable anchor

4. Starter rope

5. Blade brake and rope

guides

6. Upper handle section

7. Personal Pace



handle

8. Handle guide (2)

4. From the underside of the Personal Pace



handle,

remove the traction cable end fitting from the traction

lever (Fig. 2).

m–5927

Figure 2

1. Traction lever 2. Traction cable end fitting

5. Remove the traction cable anchor (Fig. 1).

6. Remove the blade brake cable end fitting from the blade

control bar (Fig. 1).

7. Remove the blade control bar (Fig. 1) by holding it by

the sides and squeezing them together until the bar

comes out of the holes.

8. Remove the starter rope from the rope guide (Fig. 1).

9. Remove the blade brake cable and rope guides (Fig. 1).

10. Remove the upper handle section from the lower handle

section and lay it down behind the lawn mower

housing.

11. Carefully remove the blade brake cable conduit support

from the Personal Pace handle by rotating it upward

until it comes free, then pull it out (Fig. 3).

m–5916

Figure 3

1. Blade brake cable conduit

support

2. Personal Pace handle

12. Push the Personal Pace handle down the upper handle

section until it comes loose (Fig. 4).

Summary of content (2 pages)

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Form No. 3327-558 Handle Guide Kit Model No. 105-8593 Installation Instructions Contents of the Kit DESCRIPTION QUANTITY Left handle guide 1 Right handle guide 1 1 2 Removing the Old Handle Guides m–5927 Figure 2 1. Traction lever 1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop. 2. Traction cable end fitting 5. Remove the traction cable anchor (Fig. 1). 2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug. 6. Remove the blade brake cable end fitting from the blade control bar (Fig. 1). 3.
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3. Hook the torsion spring around the traction control bar as shown in Figure 6. 4. Rotate the traction control bar one revolution to wind the spring and hold it (Fig. 6). 5. Install the Personal Pace handle by sliding it up the upper handle and inserting the traction control bar into the groove in the underside of the Personal Pace handle (Fig. 2). m–5928 Figure 4 13. Pry the old handle guides from the upper handle section (Fig. 1). 1 Installing the New Handle Guides 3 4 1.