Toro 2024 - Drive System Maintenance; Checking Planetary Drive Oil Level

Figure94
1.Jumper-cableclamp
(positive)
4.Groundpoint(unpainted
bolt)
2.Jumppost5.Jumper-cableclamp
(negative)
3.Cover
7.Connectthepositive(+)jumpercabletothejumppost
(Figure94).
8.Connectthenegative(-)jumpercabletoaground
point,suchasanunpaintedboltorchassismember
(Figure94).
9.Starttheengine;refertoStarting/Stoppingthe
Engine(page43).
Important:Iftheenginestartsandthenstops,
do not operatethestartermotoruntilthestarter
motorstopsturning.
Do not operatethestarter
motorformorethan30secondsatonetime.Wait
30secondsbeforeoperatingthestartermotorto
coolthemotorandtobuildupthechargeinthe
battery.
10.Whentheenginestarts,havetheotherperson
disconnectthenegative(-)jumpercablefromthe
frameandthendisconnectthepositive(+)jumper
cable(Figure94).
DriveSystem
Maintenance
CheckingtheOilLevelforthe
PlanetaryDrive
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Checktheplanetary-drive
oillevel(Also,checkifexternalleakage
isobserved).
Oilspecication:SAE85W-140APIclassicationlevelGL4
Planetarydriveoilcapacity:approximately1.4L(1.5USqt)
ToroPremiumGearOilisavailablefromanAuthorizedToro
ServiceDealer.Seethepartscatalogforpartnumbers.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,stoptheengine,
andremovetheignitionkey.
2.Cleantheareaaroundtheoil-levelplugwithacleaning
solvent(Figure95).
Figure95
1.Oil-levelplug2.Oil-drainplug(6o’clock
position)
3.Rotatetheplanetarydriveuntiltheoillevelandthe
oil-drainplugsareverticaltotheground(atthe6
o’clockposition)asshowninFigure95.
4.Removetheoil-levelplug(Figure95).
Note:Theoilleveliscorrectwhenitisuptothe
bottomoftheoil-levelplughole.
5.Iftheoilisbelowthebottomofthehole,addthe
speciedoiluntiltheoilislevelwiththebottomof
thehole.
6.Installandtightentheoil-levelplug.
7.Repeatsteps1through6tochecktheplanetary-drive
oillevelontheothersideofthemachine.
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