Stay Clear Of Moving Parts; Prevent Parts From Flying - Hitachi ZX 520LCH-5B Technical Manual

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Stay Clear of Moving Parts

 Entanglement in moving parts can cause serious injury.
 To prevent accidents, care should be taken to ensure that
hands, feet, clothing, jewelry and hair do not become
entangled when working around rotating parts.

Prevent Parts from Flying

 Grease in the track adjuster is under high pressure.
Failure to follow the precautions below may result in serious
injury, blindness, or death.
 Do not attempt to remove GREASE FITTING or VALVE
ASSEMBLY.
 Do not attempt to remove grease fitting securing cover.
 As pieces may fly off, be sure to keep body and face away
from valve.
 Never attempt to disassemble the track adjuster.
Inadvertent disassembling of the track adjuster may
cause the parts such as a spring to fly off, possibly
resulting in severe personal injury or death.
 Travel reduction gears are under pressure.
 As pieces may fly off, be sure to keep body and face away
from AIR RELEASE PLUG to avoid injury.
 GEAR OIL is hot. Wait for GEAR OIL to cool, then gradually
loosen AIR RELEASE PLUG to release pressure.
SAFETY
SA-27
SA-026
SA-2294
SA-344

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