Toro Reelmaster 7000 Service Manual page 49

Traction Circuit: Transport Speed (2WD)
The traction circuit piston pump is a variable displace-
ment pump that is directly coupled to the engine fly-
wheel. Pushing the traction pedal engages a hydraulic
servo valve which controls the variable displacement
piston pump swash plate to create a flow of oil. This oil
is directed to the front wheel and rear axle motors. Oper-
ating pressure on the high pressure side of the closed
traction circuit loop is determined by the amount of load
developed at the fixed displacement wheel and axle mo-
tors. As the load increases, circuit pressure can in-
crease to relief valve settings: 5000 PSI (345 bar) in both
forward and reverse. If pressure exceeds the relief set-
ting, oil flows through the relief valve to the low pressure
side of the closed loop traction circuit. The traction circuit
provides operation in either mow speed (4WD) or trans-
port speed (2WD).
Traction circuit pressure (forward and reverse) can be
measured at test ports located on the traction circuit hy-
draulic tubes of the machine.
The traction circuit pump and motors use a small
amount of hydraulic fluid for internal lubrication. Fluid is
designed to leak across traction pump and motor com-
ponents into the case drain. This leakage results in the
loss of hydraulic fluid from the closed loop traction circuit
that must be replaced. The charge circuit is designed to
replace this traction circuit leakage.
The gear pump section that supplies oil to the steering
and lift/lower circuits also provides charge oil for the
traction circuit. This gear pump is driven directly off the
traction pump. It provides a constant supply of charge oil
to the traction circuit to make up for oil that is lost due to
internal leakage in the traction pump and motors.
Charge pump flow is directed through the oil filter and to
the low pressure side of the closed loop traction circuit.
A filter bypass valve allows charge oil flow to the closed
loop if the filter becomes plugged. Charge pressure is li-
mited to 207 PSI (14.3 bar) by a relief valve located in
the filtration/charge control manifold. Charge pressure
can be measured at the test port on the filtration/charge
control manifold.
NOTE: When the mow speed limiter is in the transport
(2WD) position, the cutting units are prevented from be-
ing lowered and the mow circuit cannot be engaged.
Reelmaster 7000
Forward Direction
With the mow speed limiter in the transport speed (2WD)
position, solenoid valve (SV) in the 4WD/2WD control
manifold is energized. The solenoid valve spool shifts to
direct charge pressure that shifts the PD1 and PD2 con-
trol valve spools. The shifted PD1 and PD2 valves pre-
vents hydraulic flow from the piston pump to the rear
axle motor. With flow blocked to the rear axle motor, all
piston pump flow is directed to the front wheel motors to
allow a higher transport speed in the forward direction.
Without flow to the rear axle motor, the rotating rear
wheels drive the axle motor so it acts like a pump. Inlet
oil to the axle motor is provided by a check valve that al-
lows charge circuit oil into the rear axle motor circuit. Oil
leaving the axle motor enters the 4WD/2WD control
manifold at port M2 and is directed back to the axle mo-
tor through the shifted PD1 cartridge and manifold port
M1. To allow for rear wheel loop cooling when in forward
transport speed operation, a small amount of oil exits
through the shifted PD1 and PD2 cartridges that returns
to the reservoir.
Reverse Direction
The traction circuit operates essentially the same in re-
verse transport speed as it does in the forward direction.
However, the flow through the circuit is reversed. The
shifted solenoid valve (SV) and directional valves PD1
and PD2 in the 4WD/2WD manifold prevent oil flow from
the rear axle motor. Oil flow from the piston pump is
therefore directed to only the front wheel motors. This oil
drives the front wheel motors in the reverse direction
and then returns to the piston pump. Oil circulation
through the rear axle motor loop is the same as in the
2WD forward direction.
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