Lubrication
Lubricating the Blade Arms
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
Grease Type: General-purpose grease.
1.
Clean around each grease fitting with a rag and
lift the plastic cap off each grease fitting.
2.
Pump several shots of grease into each fitting
until it starts to ooze out of the bearing
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and
Figure
15).
Important:
Pump grease in slowly and
carefully to prevent damage to the bearing
seals.
Figure 14
Figure 15
3.
Wipe up any excess grease.
Engine Maintenance
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect
Every 50 hours—Clean the air filter elements.
Clean them more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
Every 300 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
(Figure
first)—Replace the paper air cleaner element.
Replace it more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
Important:
the air-cleaner assembly; extreme engine damage
will occur.
1.
Set the Dyna-Clutch lever to the S
shut off the engine, and wait for all moving parts
to stop.
2.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
3.
Remove the nut that secures the air-cleaner
cover
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the air cleaner elements.
Do not operate the engine without
(Figure 16
Box A).
position,
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