Drive System Maintenance; Changing The Planetary Gear Drive Oil; Changing The Rear Axle Lubricant - Toro Groundsmaster 4100-D 30411 Operator's Manual

Drive System
Maintenance
Changing the Planetary Gear
Drive Oil
Service Interval: After the first 200 hours
Every 800 hours
Change the oil initially after first 200 hours of operation.
Thereafter change the oil every 800 hours, or yearly,
whichever occurs first. Use a high quality SAE 85W-140
gear lube.
1. With the machine on a level surface, position the
wheel so that the check/drain plug (Figure 56) is at
the lowest position.
Figure 56
1. Check/drain plug
2. Place a drain pan under the hub, remove the plug,
and allow the oil to drain.
3. When all of the oil has drained, position the wheel
so that the plug hole is at the ten or two o'clock
position.
4. Place a drain pan under the brake housing on the
other side of the wheel (Figure 57).
5. Remove the plug from the bottom of the housing
and allow the oil to drain.
6. When all of the oil has drained, install the plug in
the housing.
7. Remove check plug from brake housing (Figure 57).
8. Add high quality SAE 85W-140 wt gear lube to the
planetary fill hole (at the ten or two o'clock position)
and to the check hole in brake housing until the
level is up to the bottom of the planetary and brake
housing check holes. Capacity is approximately 16
oz. (0.5 l).
9. Install the plugs.
10. Repeat the procedure on the opposite gear assembly.
1. Brake housing
2. Drain plug
Changing the Rear Axle
Lubricant
Service Interval: After the first 200 hours
Every 800 hours
Change the oil initially after the first 200 hours of
operation and every 800 hours of operation thereafter.
1. Position the machine on a level surface.
2. Clean the area around the 3 drain plugs; 1 on each
end and 1 in the center (Figure 58).
3. Remove the check plugs to ease in draining of the oil.
4. Remove the drain plugs and allow the oil to drain
into the pans.
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Figure 57
3. Check plug