Maintaining The Rear Axle - Toro Groundsmaster 3280-D Operator's Manual

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Maintaining the Rear Axle

4-Wheel Drive Machines Only
Rear Axle-Lubricant Specification: SAE 80W-90
weight gear lube
Checking the Rear Axle Lubricant
4-Wheel Drive Machines Only
Service Interval: Every 200 hours Check the rear
axle lubricant before operating the
machine for the first time, and then
every 200 hours thereafter.
The rear axle has 3 separate reservoirs that use SAE
80W-90 weight gear lube. Although the factory ships
the axle with lubricant, check the lubricant level before
operating the machine for the first time.
1. Position the machine on a level surface.
2. Remove the check plug from the center-axle
housing and the axle and fill/check plugs at each
outboard-axle case
Figure 57
1. Check plug
(Figure 57 and Figure 58).
2. Fill plug
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1. Fill/check plug (outboard-axle case—1 on each end of axle)
3. Check that there is lubricant up to the threads
at the bottom of each plug hole
Figure 58).
4. If the level of lubricant is low, perform the
following: and
A. If filling the center-axle housing, remove the
fill plug
B. Add the specified rear-axle lubricant into
the axle reservoir(s) until the lubricant level
up to the bottom of the check-plug holes
(Figure 57
C. If removed from the center-axle housing,
apply PTFE thread sealant to the threads
of the fill plug and install it into the housing
(Figure
5. Apply PTFE thread sealant to the threads of the
check plug from the center-axle housing and
fill/check plugs from the 2 outboard-axle cases
(Figure 57).
6. Install the check plug into the center-axle
housing and fill/check plugs into the 2
outboard-axle cases
Changing the Rear Axle Lubricant
4-Wheel Drive Machines Only
Service Interval: Every 400 hours
1. Position the machine on a level surface.
2. Clean the areas around the 3 drain plugs
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Note:
1 plug at each outboard-axle case and 1
plug at the center-axle housing.
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