DriveSystem
Maintenance
CheckingtheTirePressure
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Varythetirepressureforthefrontwheels,depending
uponyourturfconditions,fromaminimumof55kPa
(8psi)toamaximumof83kPa(2psi).
Varythetirepressurefortherearwheelfroma
minimumof55kPa(8psi)toamaximumof103kPa
(15psi).
CheckingtheTorqueofthe
WheelNuts
ServiceInterval:Afterthersthour
Aftertherst10hours
Every200hours
WARNING
Failuretomaintainpropertorqueofthewheel
nutscouldresultinpersonalinjury.
Torquethewheelnutstothespeciedtorque
atthespeciedintervals.
Wheelnuttorquespecication:95to122N∙m(70
to90ft-lb)
Note:Toensureevendistribution,torquethewheel
nutsinaXpattern.
AdjustingtheTransmission
forNeutral
Ifthemachinecreepswhenthetractioncontrolpedal
isintheNEUTRALposition,adjusttheneutral-return
mechanism.
1.Blockupundertheframesothatoneofthefront
wheelsisoffoftheoor.
Note:Ifthemachineisequippedwitha3-Wheel
DriveKit,raiseandblocktherearwheel.
2.Starttheengine,movethethrottletotheSLOW
position,andensurethatthefrontwheelthatis
offoftheoorisnotrotating.
3.Ifthewheelisrotating,shutofftheengineand
proceedasfollows:
A.Loosenbothjamnutssecuringthe
traction-controlcabletothebulkheadonthe
hydrostat(Figure40).Ensurethatthejam
nutsareloosenedequallyandsufciently
toallowadjustment.
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Figure40
1.Tractioncable4.Eccentric
2.Bulkhead5.Locknut
3.Jamnuts
Note:Loosenthenutsecuringthe
eccentrictothetopofthehydrostat(Figure
40).
B.Movethefunctional-controllevertothe
NEUTRALpositionandthethrottleleverto
theSLOWposition.
C.Starttheengine.
D.Rotatetheeccentricuntilcreepdoesnot
occurineitherdirection.
E.Whenthewheelstopsrotating,tightenthe
nutlockingtheeccentricandtheadjustment
(Figure40).
F.Verifytheadjustmentwiththethrottlelever
intheSLOWandFASTposition.
G.Fromeachsideofthebulkhead,tightenthe
locknutsevenly,securingthetractioncable
tothebulkhead(Figure40).Donottwist
thecable.
Note:Ifcabletensionexistswhenthe
functional-controlleverisintheNEUTRAL
position,themachinemaycreepwhenyou
movethelevertotheMOWorTRANSPORT
position.
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