Craftsman 358.796131- - Manual (Page 5)

ASSEMBLY
A. PREPARATION
Your Operator’s Manual has been developed to help
you assemble the unit and to understand its safe opera­
tion. It is important that you read your manual com­
pletely to become familiar with the unit
before
you begin
assembly.
1. READ YOUR OPERATOR’S MANUAL.
2. Tools you will need:
b.
z
z®
1-1/4 inch Wrench
7/16 inch Wrench
3/8 inch Wrench
or
vS
z^
Adjustable Wrench
Slotted Screwdriver
B. ASSEMBLY STEPS
1. DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING — Figure 1.
a. Place clamp from loose parts bag on the engine
shroud as shown in Figure l.
b. Pull about 6 inches of the flexible drive shaft out from
the drive shaft housing.
c. Fit the end of the flexible drive shaft into the square­
shaped opening inside the engine shroud. Figure l.
NOTE: Turn the engine as necessary to line up parts.
d. Align the groove in the drive shaft housing with the
key inside the engine shroud opening.
e. Firmly push the drive shaft housing straight into the
engine shroud until it bottoms out (about 1-1/2
inches).
f. Install clamp screw and square nut as shown in
Figure 1.
NOTE: The nut must be mounted on the tab side of
the clamp to keep nut from turning.
g. Tighten the clamp screw secu rely with a screwd river.
2. CUTTING HEAD — Figure 2
a. Hold the dust cup with a 1-1/4" wrench to keep the
dust cup from turning. Figure 2.
b. Thread the cutting head clockwise onto the arbor
shaft, against the dust cup, and as tight as possible
with your hand. Figure 2.
c. Press the tap button and pull the cutting line from the
head a minimum of 2 inches. Figure 3.
NOTE: To remove the cutting bead, hold the dust cup
' • with ad-1/4"'wrench and unthread the cutting head
counterclockwise