MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
Changing Oil in Kn ife Drive Box
Change knife drive box lubricant after the first 50 hours of operation and every 1000 hours (or 3 years) thereafter.
To change the oil in the knife drive box, follow these steps:
1. Raise header to allow a suitable container to be place d
under the knife box drain to collect oil.
2. Open endshield(s). Refer to Opening Endshields,
page 33.
3. Remove breather/dipstick (A) and drain plug (B).
4. Allow oil to drain.
5. Reinstall drain plug (B).
6. Add oil to knife drive box. Refer t o 5.2.1
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants, page 252
for quan tity.
7. Close endshield(s). Refer to Closing Endshields, page
34.
Figure 5
.119: Knife Drive Box
5.9.2 K
nife Drive Belts
The knife drive box is driven with a V-belt from a hydraulic motor on the header left endsheet. An identical drive
system is used at the opposite end for 40- and 45-foot double-knife headers.
Removing Knife Drive Belt
This procedure describes the removal of the knife drive belt on single-knife headers and double-knife headers.
NOTE
:
Proc
edure is the same for both ends of a double-knife header.
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