Stow STR46SP manual Trowel Arm Removal, Remove the trowel arm from the spider plate

Trowel Arm Removal

1.Each trowel arm is held in place at the spider plate by a hex head bolt (with zerk grease fitting). Remove the hex head bolt/zerk grease fitting from the spider plate. (Figure 32)

2.Remove the trowel arm from the spider plate.

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Trowel Blade Removal

1.Remove the trowel blades from the trowel arm by removing the three hex head bolts (Figure 34) from the trowel arm. Set blades aside.

Figure 34. Trowel Blades

1	Spider Plate
2	Hex Head Bolt (Zerk Fitting)	2.	Wire brush any build-up of concrete from all six sides of the

Figure 32. Removing	trowel arm. Repeat this for the remaining three arms.
Zerk Grease Fitting

3.Should the trowel arm inserts (bronze bushing ) come out with the trowel arm, remove the bushing from the trowel arm andsetasideinasafeplace.Ifthebushingisretained inside the spider plate, carefully remove the bushing.

4.Examine the bronze trowel arm bushing insert (Figure 33), clean if necessary.Replace bushing if out-of-round or worn.

Figure 33. Bronze Bushings

STR46SP • RIDE-ON POWER TROWEL — OPERATION MANUAL — REV. #1 (08/01/06) — PAGE 35