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LUBRICATION - EVERY 25 HOURS

Disc Drive Plate

Lubricate Disc Drive Plate every twenty-five (25) hours and at the end of the season and/or before storage.

To Lubricate:

3.Position speed selector lever in first (1) forward gear.

4.Stand the snow blower up on the auger housing end.

5.Remove the bottom panel.

6.Turn disc drive plate clockwise by hand until grease zerk is clearly visible at front center (see Figure 25).

7.Place a coin or (a shim of equal thickness) between the rubber friction wheel and disc drive plate to prevent rub- ber friction wheel contacting the drive disc (see Figure 25).

8.To grease zerk, use a hand grease gun, lubricate with a Hi Temp EP Moly grease. See inset of Figure 25. DO NOT over fill or allow grease to come in contact with the disc drive plate or fricfion wheel or damage will result. Fill zerk only until grease becomes visible below bearing as- sembly located under grease zerk.

Plate

Friction

Wheel

 

 

 

 

 

Bearing

Point

at

 

Assembly

 

which

 

 

Disc

 

should

 

be

Drive

 

grease

 

 

visible

 

 

Plate

Shim placed in gap

 

 

 

9. Remove

coin used in step 11. Make sure that a gap exists

_._

 

Between Friction

between

the friction wheel and

the disc drive

plate.

 

 

Wheel and Disc Drive

 

_

Plate

NOTE:

Clean all excess grease

or oil found

on the

 

 

Grease Zerk

friction

disc

hub.

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 25

CAUTION: Do not allow grease or oil to contact the rubber friction wheel or the disc drive plate.

Hexshaft- wipe with 5W30 motor oil before

storage and at the begin- ning of each season

Chains-Lubricate chains with a chain type lube be- fore storage and at the

beginning of each sea- son.

WARNING: If the disc drive

plate or friction wheel

come in contact with

grease or oil damage to rubber friction wheel will

result.

If grease or oil come in con-

tact with the disc drive plate or friction wheel, make sure

to clean the plate and wheel

thoroughly with a alcohol base solvent,

Use a HI Ternp EP Moley

grease to lubricate grease zerk on disc drive plate every 25 hours.

Figure 26

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Craftsman C950-52930-0 owner manual Lubrication Every 25 Hours, Disc Drive Plate, Clean all excess grease