This is a follow-up to the King Kutter manual thread below....It's all coming back to me now. I *tried* to get the manual from the King Kutter web site, but the PDF manuals would not come up on that particular day. I was forced to guess at the assembly procedure from the sketches and pictures on the products page. It didn't help that I was missing the spacer/sleeve and the lift pins and had a U-shaped top link pivot that doesn't appear in some of the pictures! Looking at the PDF of the users and parts manuals today, it looks like I got it right after all: 1. You *are* supposed to bend the heck out of the long supports to make them attach.
2. The 5', 40 hp models don't use the top link pivot. (Does anybody know how this device is supposed to work?)
3. There *is* supposed to be a sleeve/spacer over the long bolt to maintain the correct spacing to get the top link in place. I guess I'll have to fabricate one. The moral of the story is look under the deck for the bloody manual and if it's not there, make sure to get it off the web site 'cause it tells you the easy way to force the thing together! Overall, I must sat that I'm very happy with the performance of the unit. It cuts heavy brush with ease and the shear pin at the PTO/gear box attachment works like a charm when you mow over a big wad of old barbed wire and lock up the blades :). Be safe! bjt
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