Lubrication, Maintenance, Removing the Flail Screen

WARNING: Always stop engine, discon- nect spark plug, and ground against engine before cleaning, lubricating or doing any kind of maintenance on your machine.

Lubrication

Release Rod: Lubricate the release rod and spring with light oil once a season.

Hopper Assembly: Lubricate the pivot points on the hopper assembly with light oil once a season.

Discharge Chute: Lubricate the pivot points on the chute deflector with light oil once a season.

Engine: Follow the separate engine manual packed with you unit for lubrication instructions.

Maintenance

Engine

Refer to the separate engine manual for all engine maintenance instructions.

•Check engine oil level before each use as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Read and follow instructions carefully.

•Clean air cleaner every 25 hours under normal conditions or once a season. Clean every few hours under extremely dusty conditions. To service the air cleaner, refer to the separate engine manual packed with your unit.

•The spark plug should be cleaned and the gap reset once a season. Check engine manual for correct plug type and gap specifications.

Removing the Flail Screen

If the discharge area becomes clogged, remove the flail screen and clean area as follows:

•Stop the engine and make certain the chipper shredder has come to a complete stop.

•Disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug and ground against the engine.

•Remove the two wing knobs on each side of the discharge chute and lift the discharge chute up to keep it out of the way. See Figure 8.

•Remove the two hairpin clips from each clevis pin which extend through the housing and remove the pins.

•Remove the flail screen from inside the housing and clean the screen by scraping or washing with water.

•Reinstall the screen, making certain to reassemble the flail screen with the curve side down.

•Reattach the discharge chute with the hardware previously removed and connect the bag (if equipped) to unit.

Discharge

Chute

Hairpin

Clips

Wing Knobs

Figure 8

Chipper Blades

•Disconnect the spark plug wire and ground against the engine.

•Remove the flail screen as instructed in the previous section.

•Remove the chipper chute by removing three hex nuts and washers.

•Remove the chipper chute support brace from the frame by removing the hex bolts.

•Rotate the impeller assembly by hand until you locate one of the two chipper blades in the chipper chute opening.

•Remove the blade using a 3/16” allen wrench on the outside of the blade and an adjustable wrench on the impeller assembly. See Figure 9.

Flat Screw

Blade

Figure 9

•Rotate the impeller to expose other blade and remove in the same manner.

•Replace or sharpen blades.

•When sharpening the blade, protect hands by using gloves and follow the original angle of grind. Also,

494 specifications

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