MTD R-440 User Manual

CODE: R-440

Assembly

Instructions

DATE: November 17, 1999

SUBJECT: Attaching the steering wheel

and seat to knock-down tractors.

In the event your tractor was crated with the steering wheel and the seat removed for
shipping reasons, use the following instructions to properly assemble the parts.

WARNING: Do NOT operate the tractor without first attaching both the steering wheel AND the seat.
Doing so could result in serious injury to the operator.

Steering Wheel

• Using your hands, place the tractor’s front tires in
position for straight-ahead travel.

• Remove the steering wheel cap from the center of the
steering wheel. Be careful not to lose the hex screw and
bell washer found beneath it.

• Place the steering wheel (in position for straight-ahead
travel) directly onto the steering shaft found in the
center of the tractor’s dash.

• Place the bell washer (cupped side DOWN) over the
steering shaft.

• Thread the hex screw into the steering shaft and tighten
securely.

• Reinsert the steering wheel cap in the center of the
steering wheel.

Steering Wheel Cap

Hex Screw

Bell Washer

Steering Shaft

Seat

• Remove the four screws found threaded into the

underside of the seat.

• Position the seat over the seat bracket on the tractor.

• Pivot both the seat and the seat pivot bracket forward

so that the seat is resting on the steering wheel.

• Hand thread the screws removed earlier through the

slots of the seat pivot bracket and into the holes in the
underside of the seat

• To adjust the position of the seat, slide the seat

forward or backward until desired position is reached.

• Tighten the four screws securely.

MTD PRODUCTS INC. P.O. BOX 368022 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44136-9722

PRINTED IN U.S.A. FORM NO.

Screws

Seat Pivot

Bracket

Seat

770-1670.fm
(11/99)