Checking The Rear Axle Gear Box Lubricant; Checking The Rear Wheel Toe-In - Toro 30881 Operator's Manual

3. Remove the 3 oil-level check plugs and main axle vent
cap to ease in draining of the oil.
4. Remove the drain plugs and allow the oil to drain into
the pans.
5. Install the plugs.
6. Remove a check plug and fill axle with approximately
2.4 L (80 oz) of 85W-140 gear lube or until lubricant
is up to bottom of hole.
7. Install the check plug.
Checking the Rear Axle Gear
Box Lubricant
Service Interval: Every 400 hours
The gear box is filled with SAE 85W-140 gear lube. Check the
oil level before the engine is first started and every 400 hours
thereafter. The capacity is 0.5 L (16 oz). Visually inspect for
leaks daily.
1. Position the machine on a level surface.
2. Remove the check/fill plug from the left side of the
gear box (Figure 44) and make sure that lubricant is
up to the bottom of the hole. If the level is low, add
enough lubricant to bring the level up to the bottom
of the hole.
1. Gear box
Checking the Rear Wheel
Toe-In
Service Interval: Every 800 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
first)
1. Measure the center-to-center distance (at axle height)
at the front and rear of the steering tires. The front
measurement must be 3 mm (1/8 inch) less than the
rear measurement
Figure 44
2. Check/fill plug
(Figure 45).
1. Front of traction unit
2. 1/8 inch less than rear of
tire
2. To adjust, remove the cotter pin and nut from either tie
rod ball joint (Figure
from the axle-case support.
1. Tie-rod clamp
3. Loosen the clamps at both ends of the tie rods
46).
4. Rotate the detached ball joint inward or outward 1
complete revolution and tighten the clamp at the loose
end of the tie rod.
5. Rotate the entire tie rod assembly the same direction
(inward or outward) 1 complete revolution and tighten
the clamp at the connected end of the tie rod.
6. Install the ball joint in the axle-case support, tighten
the nut finger-tight, and measure the toe-in.
7. Repeat procedure if necessary.
8. Tighten the nut and install a new cotter pin when the
adjustment is correct.
44
Figure 45
3. Center to center distance
46). Remove the tie-rod ball joint
Figure 46
2. Tie-rod ball joint
(Figure