Drive System Maintenance; Checking For End-Play In The Planetary Drives; Checking The Planetary-Gear-Drive Oil - Toro 30874 Operator's Manual

Drive System
Maintenance
Checking for End-Play in the
Planetary Drives
Service Interval: Every 400 hours
There should be no end-play in the planetary drives/drive
wheels (i.e., the wheels should not move when you pull or
push them in a direction parallel to the axle).
1. Park the machine on a level surface, engage the parking
brake, lower the mower decks, shut off the engine, and
remove the key.
2. Chock the rear wheels and raise the front of machine,
supporting the front axle/frame on jack stands.
DANGER
A machine on a jack may be unstable and slip
off the jack, injuring anyone beneath it.
• Do not start the engine while the machine
is on a jack.
• Always remove the key from the switch
before getting off the machine.
• Block the tires when you are raising the
machine with a jack.
• Support the machine with jack stands.
3. Grasp 1 of the front drive wheels and push/pull
it toward and away from the machine, noting any
movement.
Figure 53
1. Front drive wheels
4. Repeat step 3 for the other drive wheel.
5. If either wheel moves, contact your Toro Distributor
to have the planetary drive rebuilt.
Checking the
Planetary-Gear-Drive Oil
Service Interval: Every 400 hours (check if you notice
Every 400 hours
Use high quality SAE 85W-140 gear lube as a replacement.
1. With machine on level surface, position the wheel so
that 1 check plug is at the 12 o'clock position and the
other is at 3 o'clock position
1. Check/drain plug (2)
2. Remove the plug at the 3 o'clock position
The oil level should be at the bottom of the check-plug
hole.
3. If the oil level is low, remove the plug at the 12 o'clock
position and add oil until it begins to flow out of the
hole at the 3 o'clock position.
4. Install both plugs.
5. Repeat steps
gear assembly.
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