Craftsman 486.242241 Manual De Usuario

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IMPORTANT:  Do not remove both wheels at the same
time to avoid mixing of parts. (The R.H. and L.H. ratchet
sprockets are not interchangeable.)

Make notes on the 

position of washers and snap rings during disassembly.

•  Remove the dust cover by removing the two rivets

which fasten it to the wheel housing. (It is not
necessary to remove the dust cover if you are only
cleaning and lubricating the chain and sprockets.)

•  Remove the retaining rings and washers which hold

the sprockets onto the shafts.

•  Remove the chain and both sprockets, holding them in

position and sliding them off both of the shafts. (Look
for the drive pin, which may fall out of the brush shaft
when the ratchet sprocket is removed.) See figure 27.

•  To reassemble, insert the drive pin through the hole

at the end of the brush shaft. Make sure the pin slides
back and forth easily in the shaft.

•  Lightly grease both shafts and the chain, and fill the

ratchet sprocket with grease. Assemble the chain with
both sprockets back onto the shafts.

•  Lightly grease the axle and then reassemble the wheel.

The brushes should rotate

only during forward rotation 

of the wheel. If the brushes are driven (rotated) by both
forward and reverse rotation of the wheel, the drive pin
is jamming in the ratchet gear. Disassemble and clean
and lubricate the drive pin and ratchet gear.

NOTE:  Brush replacement should be done one brush at

 

a time.

•  Remove the hopper bag from the sweeper.
•  Loosen the hex bolts and lock nuts on two single

brush retainers which clamp one brush to the double
brush retainers.

Do Not loosen or remove the bolts

which fasten the double brush retainers to the brush
shaft. See figure 26.

•  Slide the brush out of the retainers, noting on which

side of the brush the bristles overlap. See figure 26.

•  Install new brush, making sure the bristles overlap on

the same side of the brush as before. See figure 26.

•  Brushes set too low.

•  Brushes are jammed
•  Wheels are jammed.

Wheels skid when sweeping.

•  Adjust  height  till  brushes  are  1/2"

down into grass.

•  Stop sweeper. Remove obstruction.
•  Remove one wheel at a time to check

for obstruction or damage. Refer to
Service and Adjustments section.