General Maintenance; Nuts And Bolts; Shear Bolt - Schulte FM-350 Operator's Manual

GENERAL MAINTENANCE

Nuts And Bolts

Check all nuts and bolts for tightness after the first 5 hours of operation then yearly.
IMPORTANT: Certain bolts should not be over tightened, these include all shear bolts.
Bolt Grades and Torque
When replacing damaged bolts use only plated Grade 5 bolts unless otherwise specified. Use only bolts of the
correct length [Refer to the AParts@ section]. Do not replace lock nuts with nuts and lock washers. Use only
original equipment lock nuts.
Recommended Torques in foot pounds for SAE Grade 5 bolts, based on dry assembly:

Shear Bolt

1. IMPORTANT: If a shear bolt breaks during operation immediately shut down the tractor and replace the
shear bolt.
2. Specified shear bolts and their locations are listed below:
340-6802
340-6803
340-825
340-826
340-8804
FM-350 10/14
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MAINTENANCE
For 1000 RPM PTO tractors
1-3/8 Z21 For SDX-960 or RDX-960
1-3/4 Z20 For SDX-960 or RDX-960
1-3/8 Z21 For SDX-110, SDX-117 or RDX-110
1-3/4 Z20 For SDX-110, SDX-117 or RDX-110
For 540 RPM PTO TRACTORS
1-3/8 Z6 For SDX-960 or RDX-960
Maintenance Section 5-2
M10 X 60 Grade 6.8
M10 X 60 Grade 6.8
M10 X 50 Grade 8.8
M10 X 50 Grade 8.8
M10 X 60 Grade 6.8