Check Pivot Bushings For Wear - Norwood Kwik-Till HSD2500 Operator's Manual

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Check Pivot Bushings For Wear

1. Unfold the machine into the Field Position.
Till Folding & Unfolding" on page 4-11)
2. Lower the disks to the ground by retracting the Front
Wheel Cylinders A and Rear Roller Cylinders B .
(See Fig. # 5-5)
Fig. # 5-5 Lower Disks to the Ground
3. Relieve all the hydraulic pressure by placing the tractor
SCV levers to the FLOAT POSITION
running for the Main Frame Lift & Wing Fold cylinders.
4. The machine should now be in the "Field Lowered Po-
sition"
(See Fig. # 3-53)
5. Check Pivot Bushings A for gaps E caused by wear.
(See Fig. # 5-6)
6. For Pivot Bushings A locations, see the figure on the
next page.
(See Fig. # 5-9)
REPLACE PIVOT BUSHINGS IF 1/8 in
(3.2 mm) OR MORE GAP EXISTS
1/8 in
E
(3.2 mm)
A
Fig. # 5-6 Check Pivot Bushings For Gaps Caused By
(See "Kwik-
A
B
with engine
.
1/8 in
(3.2 mm)
A
Wear
5 - MAINTENANCE
Pivot bushings A with a 1/8 in (3.2 mm) per side 1/4 in to-
tal (6.3 mm) gap E should be replaced. Excess gap can
cause excessive wear and/or damage to the pivot shaft.
7. Check Pivot Bushings A for deformation caused by
wear.
(See Fig. # 5-7)
A
REPLACE PIVOT BUSHINGS
IF THEY ARE DEFORMED
Fig. # 5-7 Check For Deformed Pivot Bushings
8. For instructions to replace the pivot bushings, see
(See"Replace Pivot Bushings" on page 5-32)
E
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IMPORTANT