Craftsman 24222 Owners Manual - Page 9

STEP 15 - ASSEMBLE PIVOT ROD . Slide the end of the pivot rod through the upper hopper tube and the hopper mount clamps on one side of the hopper. Place a hopper support strap and then a bag arm tube onto the rod. Slide the rod through the stitched sleeve at the front edge of the wind screen, and then place another bag arm tube and a hopper support strap onto the rod. Slide the rod through the other upper hopper tube and hopper mount clamps. See figure 15. HOPPER BAG PmVOTROB Assemble a vinyl cap (S) onto each bag arm tube as shown in figure 17. Assemble two palnuts (G) onto the ends of the pivot rod using a hammer. See figure 17. HINT: To ease assembly of the palnuts, place the bag on its side on a solid surface. With the bottom end of the pivot rod against the surface, tap a palnut onto the top end of the rod. Repeat for other end of rod. CAP (S) PALNUT (G) \ @, FIGURE 15 HOPPER SUPPORT STRAP BAG ARM TUBE Attach the bottoms of the hopper support straps to the clevis pins (N) in the lower hopper tubes, securing the straps with the previously assembled hair cotter pins (M). See figure 16. Tighten the nuts on the hopper mount clamps. See figure 16. TmGHTEN NUTS FIGURE 17 STEP 16 - ATTACH ROPE . Secure the rope to the center of the upper rear hopper tube as shown in figure 18= FIGURE 18 STEP 17 - ATTACH HOPPER BAG . To attach the hopper bag to the sweeper, slide the ends of the bag arm tubes into the ends of the hitch tubes and secure with two clevis pins (P) and hairpin cotters (M). See figure 19. BAG ARM TUBE CLEVmS PmN (P) FIGURE 16 FIGURE 19 9