Land Pride
Section 4 Troubleshooting
Table of Contents
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Oil seal leaking | Gearbox overfilled | Drain to side plug hole. | |
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| Seals damaged | Replace seals |
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| Grass or wire wrapped on | check seal areas daily |
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Driveline yoke or cross failing | Shock load | Avoid hitting solid objects | |
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| Needs lubrication | Lubricate every 8 hours. |
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Driveline clutch slipping or | Scalping the ground | Raise cutting height | |
Shear bolt breaking |
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| Cutting too fast | Reduce travel speed |
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| PTO being engaged too | Slowly engage PTO at low engine rpm |
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| Cutting over solid objects | Avoid solid objects |
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Bent Driveline (NOTE: driveline should | Contacting frame | Reduce lift height in transport position | |
be repaired or replaced if bent) |
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| Contacting drawbar | Reposition drawbar | |
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| Bottoming out | Shorten driveline |
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Driveline | Shock load | Avoid hitting solid objects | |
telescoping tube failing |
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Driveline | Needs lubrication | Lubricate every 50 hours | |
telescoping tube wearing |
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Blades wearing excessively | Cutting on | Raise cutting height | |
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| Contacting | Raise cutting height |
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Blades Breaking | Hitting solid objects | Avoid solid objects | |
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| Blades hitting each other | Blade carrier needs to be timed |
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Blades coming loose | Blades not | Tighten blade hardware (refer to | |
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Blade carrier becomes loose | Running loose in the past | Replace gearbox output shaft and blade carrier | |
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| Blade carrier hardware not | Tighten to specified torque |
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Blade bolt holes worn | Blade hardware running loose | Replace blades and blade bolts if worn | |
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Blade carrier bent | Hitting solid objects | Avoid hitting solid objects and replace blade carrier | |
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Excessive side skid wear | Cutting height not level | Adjust cutter height | |
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| Soil abrasive | Adjust cutter height |
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| Cutting too low | Adjust cutter height |
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Tail wheel support failing | Lowering too fast | Adjust rate of drop | |
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| Hitting objects when turning | Reduce speed on turns |
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9/25/08 | RC15, RC25, and RC35 Series Rotary Cutter | 15 |
