Maintenance
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Safety When Working Under Cutter Deck
Never work under the cutter deck until:
• the cutter is sufciently braced and supported
• the skid loader engine is off, brake is set, and key is removed
• Hydraulics have been disengaged
• Hydraulic hoses disconnected
• skid loader tires or tracks have been secured with tire chocks
• the cutter is at ambient temperature
Warning! Failure to follow these safety guidelines can result in serious injury or death.
Initial Maintenance
Warning! These maintenance practices must be followed every hour for the rst eight hours of
operation; the practices must also be performed every hour for the rst eight hours following the
removal/replacement of any of the components named in this section. Check daily thereafter.
1. Check for debris deposited between the blade bar and the blades. Debris found jamming or
locking the blades must be removed to insure that the blade may pivot freely on the blade bolt.
Warning! Failure to maintain freely pivoting blades can cause severe vibration or blade breakage
which can result in injury or death.
2. Tighten blade bolts, see Page 25 for blade bolt tightening instructions, and for blade bar nut
tightening instructions, see Page 32.
Warning! Failure to tighten blade bolts and blade bar nut can cause blade bolts, blades, or output
shafts to break, which can result in injury or death.
3. Check and remove any debris deposited around the output shaft.
4. Tighten bearing housing mounting bolts.
Caution! Failure to keep the bearing housing bolts tightened can cause the blades to strike the bottom
of the cutter deck, break the output shaft of the bearing housing, or break the bearing housing case.
If blade bolts are allowed to run loose, the obvious danger is for the bolt to come completely loose,
allowing the blade, bolt, and nut to be ejected from the cutter.
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