Regular Maintenance

LUBRICATION

IMPORTANT NOTE

It is very important that grease fittings on the auger shaft are lubricated regularly. If auger rusts to shaft, damage to worm gear may occur if shear pins do not break.

To prevent wheels rusting to axles, it is also necessary to remove the wheels and grease the axles regularly.

Remove wheels and grease axles once each year.

Apply 5W-30 synthetic motor oil sparingly to the friction disk drive hex shaft (A, Figure 15).

A

Apply medium weight (10W) oil to points shown (See

 

Figures 14-17).

 

 

Figure 15. Drive Lubrication

Generally, all moving metal parts should be oiled

 

 

A. Hex Shaft

where contact is made with other parts. Keep oil and

 

 

grease off belts, pulley grooves, drive disc, and friction

 

disc.

 

 

for

 

LUBRICATION NOTES:

 

 

Grease locations indicated by grease gun

 

symbol. Use grease fittings when present.

 

Disassemble parts to apply grease to moving

 

parts when grease fittings are not installed.

 

 

 

 

Oil locations indicated by oil can symb l. Do not

 

 

allow oil to drip onto traction drive or friction

 

 

 

disc.

Not

 

Figure 16. Lubricate Axles and Control Levers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reproduction

Figure 17. Deflector Hinge

Figure 14. Lubricate Spout Rotator

Maintenance

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