Case CX490D - Bucket Teeth

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Bucketteeth
Thebucketteethmightbereplacedbecauseofeitherwearingordifferentoperatingneeds.
NOTE:Thewearofthebucketteethdependsuponseveralapplicationfactors.Examplesofthesefactorsarethe
materialsmainlyhandledonthejobsiteandtheoperator'sdiggingstyle.
NOTICE:sometypesofteethhaveasymmetricaldesignthatallowstoipthemincaseofunevenwear.Consult
theCASECONSTRUCTIONDEALERorthebucketsupplierandmakesuretounderstandtheproperpracticesto
increasetheservicelifeoftheteeth,asforexampleippingandswapping.
NOTICE:Neverworkwithatooththatiscompletelyworn:theadapteronthebucketwillbeseriouslydamaged.
TheCASECONSTRUCTIONbucketsareequippedwiththeSMARTFITteethsystemthatallowseithertoeasily
replaceaworntooth,ortoeasilyswitchbetweenseveraltypesofteeth.
ToreplaceaSMARTFITbuckettoothproceedasfol-
lows:
1.Positionthemachineonahardandlevelground.Place
thebottomsideofthebucketonablocksothatthe
bucketteethareaheadoftheblock.
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2.Placethegatelockleverincentralposition,stopthe
engineandremovethestarterkey.
3.Turnthelockingstudofthemountingpin90°counter-
clockwiseusinganhexagonalwrench.
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4.Extractthemountingpin.
5.Checkthemountingpinforwearordamages.
6.Extractthetoothfromtheadapteronthebucket.
NOTICE:Ifthetoothdoesnoteasilycomeoutfromthe
adapter,hitonitssideswithahammerasthematingsur-
facescomeunstuck.
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