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Maintenance
Recommended Maintenance Schedule(s)
Maintenance Service
Interval
After the first 2 hours
After the first 10 hours
Before each use or daily
Every 50 hours
Every 250 hours
Every 400 hours
Yearly
CAUTION
If you leave the key in the ignition switch, someone could accidently start the engine and
seriously injure you or other bystanders.
Remove the key from the ignition before you do any maintenance.
Maintenance Procedure
• Tighten the caster wheel nuts.
• Tighten the caster wheel nuts.
• Check the height-of-cut setting.
• Inspect the flail rotors and blades for damage, cracks, and loose fasteners. Replace
any damaged or cracked parts.
• Grease the cutting unit (grease them immediately after every washing regardless of
the interval listed).
• Check the front flaps.
• Check for any unusual vibration of the rotor.
• Check the debris skirt for debris or damage.
• Clean the cutting unit.
• Inspect the blades for damage and excessive wear.
• Ensure that each blade bolt is torqued to 45 N∙m (33.2 ft-lb).
• Check the gearbox lubricant.
• Tighten the caster wheel nuts.
• Check the blade bolts.
• Ensure that the caster tires are at the correct tire pressure.
• Check for excessive play in the rotor bearings.
• Check the belt tension.
• Ensure that the belt drive and taper-lock bushing set screws are tightened to the
correct torque.
• Change the gearbox lubricant.
• Replace the blades.
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