Operator's Manual

6
Installing the Bagger Assembly
1. Carefully lift the bagger top and slide it onto the quick
attach bracket (Fig. 6). The bagger top is easier to
install if two people work together.
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Figure 6
1. Bagger top 2. Quick-attach bracket
If you remove the spring-loaded bagger top when
it is closed (in the down position), the top may
suddenly fly open and you or someone else may be
bruised, pinched, or injured in another way.
Always open (raise) the bagger top before you
remove or install it on the quick-attach bracket.
Caution
2. Install the bags by sliding the bag frame hooks onto the
retaining brackets (Fig. 7).
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Figure 7
1. Bag frame hook 2. Retaining bracket
3. Lower the bagger top onto the bags. Then push down
on both bag retainer handles until they lock on the bag
frame (Fig. 8).
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Figure 8
1. Bagger top 2. Bag retainer handles
Installing the New Pivot Rod
1. Lift the grass deflector and remove the mulch plug, if
present.
2. Remove the nut, under the mower, holding the pivot rod
and grass deflector to the mower (Fig. 9).
3. Remove the pivot rod and grass deflector from the
mower (Fig. 9)