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Important:
If the groomer drive box is
installed on the left side of a cutting unit,
turn the groomer drive hex-head clockwise
(left-hand thread) to remove drive-box shaft
from cutting unit
Important:
You must use a 6-point socket
with heavy wall.
Cleaning the Grooming
Reel
Service Interval: After each use
Clean off the grooming reel after using it by spraying
it with water. Do not direct the water stream
directly at the groomer bearing seals. Do not permit
the grooming reel to stand in water so that the
components rust.
Inspecting the Blades
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
1. Grooming blade
2. Sharp edges
Inspect the grooming-reel blades frequently for
damage and wear. Straighten bent blades with a
pliers. Replace worn blades, and torque the locknuts
to 42 to 49 N∙m (31 to 36 ft-lb). When inspecting the
blades, check to see that nuts on the right and left
blade-shaft ends are tight.
Note:
If you are using spring steel blades, when 1
side of the blades become worn, remove the grooming
reel, rotate it 180°, and install it so that the unworn
side is facing the direction of rotation.
Note:
Because the groomer may introduce more
debris (e.g., dirt and sand) into the cutting unit than
Figure 26
3. Dull (rounded) edges
what the reel would normally be exposed to, check
the bedknife and main reel for wear more frequently.
This is especially important in sandy soil and/or when
the groomer is set for penetration.
Restraining the Reel
WARNING
The cutting reel blades are sharp and are
capable of amputating hands and feet.
• Keep your hands and feet away from the
reel.
• Ensure that the reel is restrained before
servicing it.
Restraining the Reel for Removing
Threaded Inserts
1.
Tip up the cutting unit so that you have access
to the bottom of the reel.
2.
Insert a long-handled pry bar (recommended
3/8 inch x 12 inches with screwdriver handle)
through the bottom of the cutting reel, closest
to the side of the cutting unit that you will be
torquing
3.
Place the pry bar against the weld side of the
reel support plate
Note:
Insert the pry bar between the top of the
reel shaft and the backs of the reel blades so
that the reel does not move.
Important:
of any blades with the pry bar; this may
damage the cutting edge and/or cause a high
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blade.
Important:
the cutting unit has left-hand threads. The
insert on the right side of the cutting unit has
right-hand threads.
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(Figure
27).
(Figure
27).
Do not contact the cutting edge
The insert on the left side of
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