Checking And Adjusting The Traction Cable; Checking And Adjusting The Auger/Impeller Cable - Toro Power Max 6000 Operator's Manual

pavement, then adjust the skids down to the
pavement.
Note: If the skids become excessively worn, you
can turn them over and set the unused side toward
the pavement.
Checking and Adjusting the
Traction Cable
Service Interval: After the first 2 hours—Inspect
the traction cable and adjust it if
necessary.
Yearly—Inspect the traction cable
and adjust or replace it if necessary.
If the snowthrower does not drive in the forward or
reverse speeds or it drives when you release the traction
lever, adjust the traction cable.
With the traction lever disengaged, check the pin in the
elongated slot in the left side of the snowthrower above
the tire. There should be a gap of 1/32 to 1/16 inch (1
to 1.5 mm) from the front of the slot to the front edge
of the pin (Figure 33).
Figure 33
1. Pin
If the left hand (traction) cable is not properly adjusted,
do the following steps:
1. Loosen the jam nut.
2. Loosen or tighten the turnbuckle to adjust the pin
until it is the proper gap from the front edge of the
slot.
3. Tighten the jam nut (Figure 34).
1. Jam nut
Checking and Adjusting the
Auger/Impeller Cable
Service Interval: After the first 2 hours—Check the
auger/impeller cable and adjust it if
necessary.
Yearly—Check the auger/impeller
cable and adjust it if necessary.
1. Remove the 5 fasteners on the front engine cover
(Figure 35), but do not remove the cover.
2. Remove the fasteners on the left belt cover, then
remove the cover in the sequence shown in Figure 36.
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Figure 34
2. Turnbuckle
Figure 35
Figure 36