SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS
BRUSH REPLACEMENT | WHEEL GEAR AND PAWL SERVICE |
NOTE: Brush replacement should be done one brush at a time.
•Remove the hopper bag from the sweeper.
•Loosen the hex bolts and lock nuts on two single brush retainers which clamp one brush to the double brush retainers. Do Not loosen or remove the bolts which fasten the double brush retainers to the brush shaft. See fi gure 25.
•Slide the brush out of the retainers, noting on which side of the brush the bristles overlap. See fi gure 25.
•Install new brush, making sure the bristles overlap on the same side of the brush as before. See fi gure 25.
BRUSH ROTATION
OVERLAP
BRUSH BRISTLES
SHAFT
SINGLE
BRUSH
RETAINERS
DOUBLE BRUSH RETAINER 
OVERLAP 
BRISTLES
BRUSH ROTATION
FIGURE 25
IMPORTANT: Do not remove both wheels at the same time to avoid mixing of parts. (The R.H. and L.H. ratchet gears are not interchangeable.) Make notes on the position of washers and snap rings during disassembly.
•Remove one wheel from the sweeper.
•Remove the retaining rings and washers which hold the ratchet gear onto the brush shaft.
•Remove the gear by sliding it off the brush shaft. (Look for the drive pin, which may fall out of the brush shaft when the ratchet gear is removed.) See fi gure 26.
•To reassemble, insert the drive pin through the hole near the end of the brush shaft. Make sure the pin slides back and forth easily in the shaft.
•Lightly grease the shaft and fi ll the ratchet gear with grease. Assemble the ratchet gear back onto the shaft.
•Lightly grease the axle and the wheel's gear teeth and then reassemble the wheel. The brushes should rotate only during forward rotation of the wheel. If the brushes are driven (rotated) by both forward and reverse rotation of the wheel, the drive pin is jamming in the ratchet gear. Disassemble to clean and lubricate the drive pin and the ratchet gear.
RATCHET
GEAR
DRIVE
PIN
FIGURE 26
TROUBLESHOOTING
Wheels skid when sweeping. | 1. | Brushes set too low. | 1. | Adjust height till brushes are 1/2" down |
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| 2. | Brushes are jammed | 2. | Stop sweeper. Remove obstruction. |
| 3. | Wheels are jammed. | 3. | Remove one wheel at a time to check for |
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| obstruction or damage. Refer to Service |
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| and Adjustments section. |
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