Checking The Auger-Gearbox-Oil Level; Lubricating The Hex Shaft - Toro 39924 Manual

Checking the
Auger-Gearbox-Oil Level
Service Interval: Yearly—Check the auger-gearbox
oil and add oil if necessary.
1. Move the machine to a level surface.
2. Clean the area around the pipe plug
Figure 32
1. Pipe plug
3. Remove the pipe plug from the gearbox.
4. Check the oil level in the gearbox. The oil should
be 9.5 mm (3/8 inch) below the filler opening.
5. If the oil level is low, add GL-5 or GL-6, SAE
80-90 EP gear oil lubricant to the gearbox until
the oil level is 9.5 mm (3/8 inch) below the filler
opening.
Note:
Do not use synthetic oil.
6. Install the pipe plug in the gearbox.

Lubricating the Hex Shaft

Service Interval: Yearly—Lubricate the hex shaft.
Lightly lubricate the hex shaft yearly with automotive
engine oil (Figure 33).
(Figure 32).
1. Hex shaft
2. Steel friction pulley
Important:
the steel friction pulley because the traction drive
will slip
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1. Drain the fuel from the fuel tank.
2. Tip the machine forward onto its auger housing
and block it so that it cannot fall.
3. Remove the back cover
1. Screws
4. Move the speed-selector lever to Position R2.
5. Dip your finger in automotive engine oil and
lightly lubricate the hex shaft.
6. Move the speed-selector lever to Position 6.
7. Lubricate the other end of the hex shaft.
8. Move the speed-selector lever forward and
rearward a few times.
9. Install the back cover and return the machine to
the operating position.
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Figure 33
3. Rubber wheel
Do not get oil on the rubber wheel or
(Figure 33).
(Figure
Figure 34
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