FS 510 C-M, FS 560 C-M
English
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Recommendation: Use grass cutting 
blades with a grass shield on the 
gearbox, see chapters on "Mounting the 
Deflector" / "Mounting the Grass Shield".
Deflector (3) is approved for shredder 
blades only and must therefore be 
mounted before fitting a shredder blade, 
see chapter on "Mounting the Deflector".
Stop (4) is approved for circular saw 
blades only and must therefore be 
mounted before fitting a circular saw 
blade.
Mounting the Deflector
Deflectors (1, 2 and 4) are mounted to 
the gearbox in the same way.
N Remove dirt from joints on gearbox 
and deflector – make sure that no 
dirt gets into the screw holes in the 
gearbox – see section on "Plugs".
N Place the deflector on the gearbox 
(5). 
N Insert the screws (6) and tighten 
them down firmly.
Mounting shredder deflector
Owing to the high loads on the shredder 
deflector (3) and country-specific 
regulations on the use of the machine for 
shredding, the deflector must be 
properly mounted to the machine.
A special screwdriver bit is required to 
mount this deflector. The bit is available 
only from specialist retailers. It has a 
special drive for rotating the screws and 
only allows the screws to be tightened. 
Once tightened, the screws can no 
longer be loosened – not even with the 
special tool.
STIHL therefore recommends: Have the 
shredder deflector mounted by your 
STIHL  dealer.
A "shredder deflector mounting kit" is 
available as a special accessory for 
retrofitting machines with a shredder 
deflector.  Depending on the machine's 
original equipment, a "shredder blade 
retrofit kit" may also be needed for the 
conversion.  Neither of these kits include 
the shredder blade – it must be ordered 
separately.
The "shredder blade retrofit kit" contains 
clamps which butt against the gearbox 
and have to be secured to the drive tube.  
The kit also contains the shredder 
deflector which is mounted to the 
clamps.
– Installing the clamps
– Lower clamp (1): Identified by two 
lugs (2) on its longitudinal axis, eight 
tapped holes and a lateral notch (3).
– Upper clamp (4): Identified by holes 
marked 1 to 4 and a lateral lug (5).