Instruction manual

FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 RC
English
16
Preparations
N Lay your brushcutter on its back so
that the cutting attachment
mounting face is facing up.
Mounting hardware for cutting
attachments
The mounting hardware supplied
depends on the cutting attachment that
comes as original equipment with the
new machine.
Mounting hardware is not packed
with machine
Only mowing heads can be mounted.
N Pull the hose (1) (protector for
shipping) off the shaft (2).
N Go to "Mounting the mowing head".
If you want to mount a metal cutting
attachment in place of a mowing head,
you will need the following additional
parts: Nut (3), rider plate (4) and thrust
washer (5) (special accessories).
Mounting hardware is packed with
machine
Mowing heads and metal cutting
attachments may be mounted.
If the parts are packed with the
machine
N Pull the hose (1) (protector for
shipping) off the shaft (2).
The nut (3), rider plate (4) and thrust
wsher (5) are in the parts kit supplied
with the machine.
N Go to "Mounting the mowing head"
or "Mounting the metal cutting
attachment".
If the parts are mounted to the
gearbox
N Go to "Removing the mounting
hardware".
Removing the mounting hardware
N Block the shaft – see next chapter
on "Blocking the output shaft".
N Use the combination wrench (6) –
comes standard with machine or is
available as special accessory – to
unscrew the nut (3) clockwise (left-
hand thread) from the shaft (2).
N Pull the thrust washer (5) off the
shaft (2).
The rider plate (4) is in the parts kit
supplied with the machine.
Mounting the Cutting
Attachment
002BA104 KN
2
002BA164 KN
1
3
4
5