Maintenance
Accessing the Cutting Unit
Access the bedknife and reel for maintenance as
follows:
•
With the cutting unit removed from the machine,
prop up the rear of the cutting unit to ensure that
the nuts on the back end of the bedbar adjusting
screws are not resting on the work surface
4).
1. Prop (not provided)
•
With the cutting unit attached to the machine, lower
the traction-unit handle to the ground
Checking the
Reel-Driveshaft Grease
Point
Service Interval: Yearly
1.
Remove the hardware that secures the reel-drive
assembly to the side plate
Figure 4
2. Bedknife adjusting screw
nut (2)
(Figure
Figure 5
(Figure
6).
(Figure
1. Socket-head screw
2.
Remove the nuts from the inside of the side
plate
(Figure
3.
Check the inside of the reel driveshaft
for any remaining grease.
If you do not see a sufficient amount of grease,
add more grease to the male and female spline
shaft.
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1. Reel driveshaft
4.
Use the previously removed socket-head screws
and nuts to secure the reel-drive assembly to
the side plate.
5.
Install the cutting unit to the traction unit; refer to
your traction unit Operator's Manual.
6
Figure 6
2. Nut
6).
Figure 7
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7)
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