Exmark Diesel manual Lubricate Grease Fittings, Lubricate Rear Caster Wheel Hubs

Maintenance

2.Check pump and PTO drive belts.

3.Belts are spring tensioned and no adjustment is necessary. See Pump Drive Belt Tension and Replacement sections in Adjustments.

Lubricate Grease Fittings

Note: See chart for service intervals.

1.Stop engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and remove key. Engage parking brake.

2.Lubricate fittings with one to two pumps of NGLI grade #2 multi-purpose gun grease.

Refer to the following chart for fitting locations and lubrication schedule.

Lubrication Chart

	Fitting	Initial	Number of	Service
Locations		Pumps	Places	Interval
1.	Hitch	2	4	40 Hours
and Cylinder
Pivots
2.	Fold	2	2	100 Hours
Pivot Pin
3.	Fold	2	2	Yearly
Lock Pin
4.	Rear	*0	1	*Yearly
Caster Pivot
5.	Belt	1	2	Yearly
Idlers
6.	Motion	1	2	Yearly
Control
Pivots
7.	Transfer	1	4	Yearly
Spring Ends
8.	Dual Tail	2	1	40 Hours
Wheel Pivot

*See step 3 for special lubrication instructions on the rear caster pivots and the Lubricate Rear Caster Wheel Hub section for special lubrication instructions on the rear casters wheel hub.

3.Lubricate front caster pivots once a year. Remove hex plug and cap. Thread grease zerk in hole and pump with grease until it oozes out around top bearing. Remove grease zerk and thread plug back in. Place cap back on.

Lubricate Rear Caster Wheel Hub(s)

Service Interval: Yearly

1.Stop engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and remove key. Engage parking brake.

	Figure 11
1. Seal guard	2. Spacer nut with wrench
	flats

2.Remove caster wheel from caster forks.

3.Remove seal guards from the wheel hub.

4.Remove one of the spacer nuts from the axle assembly in the caster wheel. Note that thread locking adhesive has been applied to lock the spacer nuts to the axle. Remove the axle (with

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