Lubricating The Driveshaft Sliding Joints; Engine Maintenance; Engine Safety; Accessing The Engine - Toro 31051 Operator's Manual

Lubricating the Driveshaft
Sliding Joints
Service Interval: Every 100 hours—Lubricate the
driveshaft sliding joint.
Lubrication specification: anti-sieze compound
1. Disconnect the driveshaft from the mower-deck
gearbox; refer to
from the Mower-Deck Gearbox (page
2. Pull the front half of the driveshaft
forward about 25 cm (10 inches).
Figure 54
1. 25 cm (10 inches)
2. Splines (U-joint coupling)
3. Wipe clean the splines of the gearbox shaft and
the splines of the driveshaft
4. Wipe clean the sliding surface of the forward
driveshaft (Figure
5. Apply anti-sieze compound to the splines of the
gearbox shaft and U-joint coupling
6. Apply anti-sieze to the sliding surface of the
forward driveshaft
7. Move the front half of the driveshaft rearward to
align the U-joint coupling with the gearbox shaft.
8. Wipe off excess anti-sieze compound from the
driveshaft.
9. Connecting the driveshaft to the mower-deck
gearbox; refer to
the Mower-Deck Gearbox (page
Disconnecting the Driveshaft
75).
(Figure
3. Splines (gearbox shaft)
4. Splines (driveshaft)
(Figure 54).
54).
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(Figure 54).
Connecting the Driveshaft to
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Engine Maintenance

Engine Safety

•
Shut off the engine and remove the key before
checking the oil or adding oil to the crankcase.
•
Do not change the governor speed or overspeed
the engine.

Accessing the Engine

54)
Manually Rotating the Hopper
Important:
engine when the engine is not running.
Note:
If there is grass in the hopper when you
manually rotate it, the grass will spill out.
1. Have another person pull back and hold the
hopper dump lever
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2. Pivot the hopper up and back
hand.
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Use this procedure to access the
(Figure 55).
Figure 55
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