Shindaiwa BP35, Owner'S/Operator'S Manual

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Assembly: Driveshaft/Powerhead 

1.  Place the powerhead on a flat surface.
2.  Route the “engine side” of the flex 

cable through the cable holder. 

3.  Remove the two protective covers 

from the flex cable and insert the flex 

cable housing marked “engine end” 

into the powerhead with the locking 

hole facing up. See Figure 4.

4.  Lift up on the flex cable release knob 

and slide flex cable housing all the 

way in until it bottoms in the case and 

the release knob locks into the lock-

ing hole in the flex cable housing. See 

Figure 5.

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Figure 4

5.  From the opposite end, rotate and 

push the drive cable to engage it into 

the clutch drum. See Figure 5.

NOTE:

No more than 7/8” (22 mm) of the flex 

cable should protrude from the flex cable 

housing when properly installed. 

Figure 5

6.  Remove the Phillips head screw 

from the rear hand grip and slide the 

O-ring end of the flex cable housing 

into the rear of the outer tube handle 

until the groove on the housing lines 

up with the hole for the Phillips head 

screw. See Figure 6.

IMPORTANT!

It may be necessary to rotate the  

output shaft of the gearcase to fully 

engage the drive cable into the lower 

tube assembly. 

7.  Install and tighten the Phillips head 

screw firmly.  

Figure 6

Release Knob Locking 

Hole

“Engine Side” 

Label

Throttle Cable

Cable Holder

7/8"

Powerhead

Groove

O-Ring

Rear Handle

Flex Cable  

Housing

Throttle and Handle Assembly 

Install the Handle

Cable 

Guide

Outer Tube

Throttle Cable

Handle Position 

Label

Figure 11

Throttle 

Lever

Figure 8

Figure 7

Cable 

End

Lower 

Clamp 

Figure 9

1.  Use a Phillips head screwdriver to 

remove the lower clamp retaining 

screws from the handle. Separate the 

clamp from the handle.

2.  Position the handle on the outer tube 

behind the handle positioning label. 

Reassemble the lower clamp to the 

handle in the reverse order of disas-

sembly. See Figure 11.

3.  Firmly tighten the (4) handle  retain-

ing screws. See Figure 11.

Install the Throttle Cable

1.  Loosen the two screws securing the 

throttle assembly and slide it forward 

on the outer tube. See Figure 7.

2.  Remove the cable guide to allow 

the throttle trigger to swing out.              

See Figure 7.

3.  Slide the throttle cable through the 

hand grip and insert the cable end 

into the recess in the throttle trigger. 

See Figure 8.

4.  Install the cable guide and slide 

the throttle assembly back into 

place. Tighten the screws securely.           

See Figure 9.

5.  Connect the powerhead and stop 

switch wire terminals. 

Figure 10

Loosen screws

Cable 

Guide

Clamp Retaining 

Screw