It has been carefully prepared to give you helpful suggestions for operating, adjusting, servicing and ordering repair parts. Keep this manual in a convenient place for quick and easy reference. Study it carefully. You have purchased a dependable and sturdy tiller, but only by proper care and operation can you expect to receive the service and long life designed and built into it. Sometime in the future your tiller may need new parts to replace those that are worn or broken. If so, go to your dealer and provide him with the model and part number. Customer Information Name _______________________________________________ Purchased From ______________________________________ Date Purchased ______________________________________ Model No. ___________________________________________ Serial No. ___________________________________________ It is the purchaser and/or operator’s responsibility to…. • ..........Read and understand the information contained in this manual. • ..........Operate, lubricate, assemble and maintain the equipment in accordance with all instructions and safety procedures in this manual. • ..........Inspect the equipment and replace or repair any parts that are damaged or worn which under continued operation would cause damage, wear to other parts, or cause a safety hazard. • ..........Return the equipment or parts to the authorized King Kutter dealer, from where it was purchased, for service or replacement of defective parts that are covered by warranty. (The King Kutter II Factory may inspect equipment or parts before warranty claims are honored.) • ..........Payment of all costs incurred by the dealer for traveling to or transporting the equipment for warranty inspection and or claims. CONTENTS ITEM PAGE Safety .........................................................................6 Assembly Instructions................................................8 Before Putting Into Service ........................................8 Safety Training ......................................................... 11 Transportation Safety ............................................... 15 Attaching To Tractor .................................................16 Sizing PTO...............................................................18 Operating Instructions..............................................19 Maintenance.............................................................20 Maintenance Safety .................................................20 Safety Decal's And Locations...................................22 Replacement Parts...................................................28 PTO Shaft Parts.......................................................30 Gearbox Parts....................................................32 Warranty...................................................................36 SAFETY READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SAFETY SECTION. FAILURE TO DO SO CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. TAKE NOTE! THIS SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL IS USED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS INVOLVING YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. SIGNAL WORDS: The signal words DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION are used with the safety messages in this manual and with each safety sign. They are defined as follows: DANGER: Indicates an immediate hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in serious injury or death. This signal word is to be limited to the most extreme situations typically for machine components that, for functional purposes, cannot be guarded. WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in serious injury or death, and includes hazards that are exposed when guards are removed. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices. CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation that, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practice. If you have any questions not answered in this manual or require additional copies or the manual is damaged, please contact your local dealer or US&C Sales P.O. Box 1200 Winfield, AL 35594 (205) 487-3202 or THIS SYMBOL MEANS ATTENTION! BECOME ALERT! YOUR SAFTEY IS INVOLVED EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES • Safety of the operator and bystanders is one of the main concerns in designing and developing a tiller. However, every year accidents occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of thought and a more careful approach to handling equipment. You, the operator, can avoid many accidents by observing the following precautions and insist those working with you, or for you, follow them. • In order to provide a better view, certain photographs or illustrations in this manual may show an assembly with a safety shield removed. However, equipment should never be operated in this condition. Keep all shields in place. If shield removal becomes necessary for repairs, replace the sh...