Troy-Bilt 12097 - INSTALLING THE EDGER ATTACHMENT

ASSEMBLY
STEP 5: To make borders and edges,
install the Edger Attachment
^ WARNING
Contact with rotating tines or other moving parts
can cause serious personal injury.
Before installing or removing attachments, or ad¬
justing or servicing the machine, stop the engine,
let all moving parts come to a complete stop, dis¬
connect the spark plug wire, and move the wire
away from the spark plug.
If your first projects call for making borders or edges
near walkways, drives, flower beds, etc., and not tilling
or cultivating jobs, then you must remove the four tine
sections and install the Edger Attachment in their place
(this attachment was shipped with your machine- com¬
ponents are shown on Page 7).
To Install the Edger Attachment:
• Collect the components (see Figure 6): (A)
Border/EdgerTine; (B) Long Bushing; (C) Border/ Edger
Wheel; and (D) Short Bushing.
• Prop the machine forward carefully on the front of the
tubular carrying handle. The work surface should be
firm and flat. NOTE: Usually the Border/Edger tine is
mounted on the right-hand side of the machine for right-
handed persons, and on the left-hand side of the ma¬
chine for left-handed persons.
• Flip open the ring on the ring lock pins and remove the
ring lock pin on each tine shaft (see Figure 5 and
DETAIL, Figure 6). IMPORTANT: The ring lock pin is
under spring tension -- wear gloves when removing
or replacing the ring lock pin to protect your fingers.
• Mark the position of each tine section (Left-Outer, Left-
Inner, etc.) before removing the four tine sections from
the tine shaft. (It is important for proper tilling perfor¬
mance that the tines be reinstalled in their original posi-
Figure 5: Remove ring lock pins and tines from both sides
of the tine shaft. Keep left and right-side tines separated
and marked for easier reinstallation.
tions.) Refer to Figure 5 and to Figure 15 for detailed
tine position information. Put the four tines aside.
• Install the short bushing (D, Figure 6) on the right-hand
or left-hand tine shaft (see NOTE at left). Then place the
Border/Edger wheel (C) on the same shaft - the wheel
hub should face toward the tiller. Insert the ring lock pin
through the rounded side of the tine shaft and snap the
ring down over the shaft.
• Slide the long bushing (B) on the opposite side shaft.
Then install the Border/Edger tine (A). The tine blades
must point outward. Secure in place with the ring lock
pin.
See the “Operation” section for information and full in¬
structions on using the Border/Edger Attachment.
Figure 6: The Border/Edger tine (A) can be mounted on left or right sides of machine (with long bushing B). The
Border/Edger wheel (C) mounts on the other side (with short bushing D).
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