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12.6. Replacing the knives.
Take the following steps to replace the knives by new or different ones (see Fig. 16):
Fig. 16
1. Attach the machine to the tractor as described in Section 7.2.
2. Lift the machine at the front side and support the machine.
!! Make sure that the tractor and the machine cannot move uncontrolled !!
!! Never crawl under the machine !!
3. Remove the bolts/nuts (1) and the knives that should be replaced.
4. Put the new knives with the sharp edge to the front and mount these using the bolts/nuts (1).
Put the knives around the rotor in a spiral pattern!
5. Lift the machine, remove the support and lower the machine cautiously onto the underground.