Safety Strut - Wacker Neuson RD40 Instruction Manual

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Safety strut

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Unintentional movement of the machine!
Severe injury or death due to unexpected machine movement during
setting work.
Do not connect or disconnect the safety strut unless the engine is
stopped and the ignition is set to off.
Park the machine on safe ground, i.e., flat and horizontal ground
with sufficient bearing capacity.
Secure machine against rolling away.
The safety strut is used to prevent uncontrolled steering system
movements. This helps to prevent, e.g., the machine's front end or rear
ends from swinging out.
Applying safety strut always before:
crane loading the machine.
transporting the machine.
maintenance and repair work.
Before inserting the safety strut, safely stop the machine
Remove any steering angle (set the steering system to
straight-line motion) and
Remove any track offset.
Applying safety strut
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Pull the spring cotter pin [1] out of the bolt [2].
Pull out the bolt [2].
Release the coupling bar [3] and swing it to the holder [4] located
opposite.
Use the bolt [2] to lock the coupling bar [3] in the holder [4].
Slide the spring cotter pin [1] into the bolt [2].
The safety strut is now installed.
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