CheckingtheNeutral
Gear-ShiftPosition
ServiceInterval:Every100hours
Whenperformingroutinemaintenanceand/orengine
diagnostics,shiftthetransaxleintoNEUTRAL.The
machinehasaNEUTRALpositiononthegear-shift
selector,whichcontrolstheneutralinthetransaxle.
Performthefollowingstepstoensurethattheneutral
shiftleveroperatesthetransaxleneutralcorrectly:
1.Setthegear-shiftselectortotheNEUTRAL
position.
2.Rotatethesecondaryclutch(Figure63)toseeif
itspinsfreelyintheNEUTRALposition.
3.Setthegear-shiftselectortotheFORWARD
position.
4.Rotatethesecondaryclutch(Figure63)toseeif
itrotatestherearwheels.
5.Setthegear-shiftselectortotheREVERSE
position.
6.Rotatethesecondaryclutch(Figure63)toseeif
itrotatestherearwheels.
7.Ifanyofthesetestsfail,proceedtoAdjusting
theNeutralGear-ShiftPosition(page47).
AdjustingtheNeutral
Gear-ShiftPosition
1.Loosenthejamnutsonthegear-shiftcableand
adjustthemasnecessary(Figure57).
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Figure57
1.Shiftlever3.Gear-shiftcable
2.Spannerbar
4.Jamnuts
2.T estthegear-shiftpositionbyrotatingthe
gear-shiftselectortothe3differentpositions
andchecktoseeiftheshiftlever(Figure57)
shiftsproperlywhenshiftingthegears;referto
Gear-ShiftLeverandGear-ShiftIndicator(page
11).
3.Verifythatallofthepositionsareworking
correctlybyrepeatingthestepsinCheckingthe
NeutralGear-ShiftPosition(page47).
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