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10.6 MAINTENANCE EVERY 500 HOURS
Perform this maintenance in tandem with maintenance every 50/100/250 hours.
[1] GREASING EACH BLEAD SECTION
• Grease type is lithium grease. Failure to grease properly may cause the machine to shorten its
useful life.
• Greasing a new machine is required once every 10 hours until the machine attains the first 100
hours of operation, this is the running in period.
1. Lower the blade to ground and stop the engine.
2. Using a grease gun, pump in grease through the grease plugs
shown by arrows.
3. After greasing, wipe off any old grease that was pushed out.
(1) Blade connecting pin (2 places)
(2) Blade cylinder foot pin (2 places)
(3) Blade cylinder rod end pin (2 places)