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Drive System
Maintenance
Checking the Tire Pressure
Figure 44
Checking the Wheel-Lug
Nuts
Service Interval: After the first 100 hours—Check the
wheel-lug nuts.
Check and torque the wheel-lug nuts to 115 to 142
N∙m (85 to 105 ft-lb).
Adjusting the Neutral
Traction
If the machine creeps while the motion-control levers
are in neutral, adjust the neutral traction.
1.
Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the PTO, and engage the parking brake.
2.
Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3.
Raise the rear of the machine onto jack stands
high enough to raise the drive wheels off the
ground.
4.
Loosen the nut for control-rod assembly
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1. Nut
5.
Start the machine and move the throttle control
to the F
6.
To find the neutral position, move the lower
control rod up or down until the tire stops rotating
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7.
Tighten the nut
Important:
move; otherwise, you may need to adjust the
rod again.
8.
Repeat for the other lever.
Note:
You may need to adjust the tracking after
adjusting the neutral traction; refer to
Tracking (page
Adjusting the Tracking
If you push both motion-control levers forward full
speed across a flat, level surface and the machine
pulls to 1 side, adjust the tracking as follows.
1.
Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the PTO, and engage the parking brake.
2.
Shut off the engine, remove the key, and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3.
Rotate the adjustment screw shown in
to increase or decrease the speed for that lever.
Note:
the speed; rotate it counterclockwise to increase
the speed.
If the machine pulls to the left, decrease the
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speed for the right lever or increase the speed
for the left lever.
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Figure 45
2. Lower control rod
position.
AST
45).
(Figure
45).
Ensure that the rod does not
35).
Rotate the screw clockwise to decrease
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Adjusting the
Figure 45
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