Maintenance
WARNING
Fuelsystemcomponentsareunderhigh
pressure.Theuseofimpropercomponents
canresultinsystemfailure,gasolineleakage
andpossibleexplosion.
Useonlyapprovedfuellinesandfuellters
forhighpressuresystems.
•Usecarewhencheckingblades.Wraptheblade(s)
orweargloves,andusecautionwhenservicing
them.Onlyreplacedamagedblades.Never
straightenorweldthem.
•Usejackstandstosupportthemachineand/or
componentswhenrequired.
CAUTION
Raisingthemachineforserviceor
maintenancerelyingsolelyonmechanical
orhydraulicjackscouldbedangerous.The
mechanicalorhydraulicjacksmaynotbe
enoughsupportormaymalfunctionallowing
themachinetofall,whichcouldcauseinjury.
Donotrelysolelyonmechanicalorhydraulic
jacksforsupport.Useadequatejackstands
orequivalentsupport.
•Carefullyreleasepressurefromcomponentswith
storedenergy.
•Keephandsandfeetawayfrommovingparts.
Ifpossible,DoNotmakeadjustmentswiththe
enginerunning.Ifthemaintenanceoradjustment
procedurerequiretheenginetoberunningand
componentsmoving,useextremecaution.
WARNING
Contactwithmovingpartsorhotsurfaces
maycausepersonalinjury.
Keepyourngers,hands,andclothingclear
ofrotatingcomponentsandhotsurfaces.
•Checkallboltsfrequentlytomaintainproper
tightness.
RecommendedMaintenanceSchedule(s)
MaintenanceService
Interval
MaintenanceProcedure
Aftertherst5hours
•Changetheengineoil.
Aftertherst100hours
•Checkthewheelhubslottednuttorquespecications.
•Checkthewheellugnuts.
•Checktheparkbrakeadjustment.
Aftertherst250hours
•Changethehydrauliclteranduid.
Beforeeachuseordaily
•Checktheengineoillevel.
•Checkthemowerblades.
•Checkthesafetyinterlocksystem.
•Checktherolloverprotectionssystems(rollbar)knobs.
•Checktheseatbelt.
•Checkforloosehardware.
•Cleanthegrassanddebrisbuild-upfromthemachineandcuttingdeck.
•Cleantheengineandexhaustsystemarea.
•Cleanthehydrofancoolingguards,hydrocoolingns,andfan.
•Cleanthegrassbuild-upfromunderthecuttingdeck.
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