Checking The Rear Axle Lubricant; Check Tire Pressure; Checking The Torque Of The Wheel Nuts - Toro 30868 Operator's Manual

Figure 6
1. Check/drain plug
2. Remove the plug on the planetary (Fig. 6)). Oil should
be at the bottom of the check plug hole.
3. Add gear oil to the hole in the planetary, if necessary, to
bring the oil up to the proper level. Install the plug.
4. Repeat steps 1–3 on the opposite gear assembly.
Checking the Rear Axle
Lubricant
The rear axle is shipped from the factory filled with SAE
85W-140 wt. gear lube. Check the oil level before the
engine is first started and every 400 hours thereafter. The
capacity is 80 oz. (2.4 l). Visually inspect for leaks daily.
1. Position the machine on a level surface.
2. Remove a check plug from one end of the axle (Fig. 7)
and make sure that the lubricant is up to the bottom of
the hole. If the level is low, remove the fill plug (Fig. 7)
and add enough lubricant to bring the level up to the
bottom of the check plug holes.
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Figure 7
1. Check plug
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2
2. Fill plug
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Check Tire Pressure

The tires are over-inflated for shipping. Therefore, release
some of the air to reduce the pressure. The correct air
pressure in the tires is 20 psi (138 kPa).
Important
Maintain the recommended pressure in all
tires to ensure a good quality-of-cut and proper machine
performance. Do not under-inflate.
Checking the Torque of the
Wheel Nuts
Warning
Failure to maintain proper torque of the wheel
nuts could result in failure or loss of wheel and
may result in personal injury.
Torque the front and rear wheel nuts to
85–100 ft.-lb. (115–136 N m) after 1–4 hours of
operation and again after 10 hours of operation.
Torque every 200 hours thereafter.
Note: Front wheel nuts are 1/2–20 UNF. Rear wheel nuts
are M12 x 1.6–6H (Metric).