CODE:
DATE:
R-440
Assembly
November 17, 1999
SUBJECT: Attaching the steering wheel
and seat to knock-down tractors.
Instructions
In the event your tractor was crated with the steering wheel and the seat removed for
shipping reasons, use the following instructions to properly assemble the parts.
WARNING: Do NOT operate the tractor without first attaching both the steering wheel AND the seat.
Doing so could result in serious injury to the operator.
Steering Wheel
Steering Wheel Cap
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Using your hands, place the tractor’s front tires in
position for straight-ahead travel.
Hex Screw
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Remove the steering wheel cap from the center of the
steering wheel. Be careful not to lose the hex screw and
bell washer found beneath it.
Bell Washer
•
Place the steering wheel (in position for straight-ahead
travel) directly onto the steering shaft found in the
center of the tractor’s dash.
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Place the bell washer (cupped side DOWN) over the
steering shaft.
Thread the hex screw into the steering shaft and tighten
securely.
Reinsert the steering wheel cap in the center of the
steering wheel.
Steering Shaft
Seat
•
Remove the four screws found threaded into the
underside of the seat.
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Position the seat over the seat bracket on the tractor.
Pivot both the seat and the seat pivot bracket forward
so that the seat is resting on the steering wheel.
Hand thread the screws removed earlier through the
slots of the seat pivot bracket and into the holes in the
underside of the seat
Screws
Seat
•
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To adjust the position of the seat, slide the seat
forward or backward until desired position is reached.
Tighten the four screws securely.
Seat Pivot
Bracket
MTD PRODUCTS INC. P.O. BOX 368022 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44136-9722
770-1670.
(11/99)
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
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