Toro 30857 - Changing the Planetary Gear Drive Oil; Checking the Rear Axle Lubricant

3.Addgearoiltotheholeintheplanetary,ifnecessary,
tobringtheoiluptotheproperlevel.Installthe
plug.
4.Repeatsteps1–3ontheoppositegearassembly.
ChangingthePlanetaryGear
DriveOil
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst200hours
Every800hours
Yearly
Changetheoilinitiallyafterrst200hoursofoperation.
Thereafterchangetheoilevery800hours,oryearly,
whicheveroccursrst.UseahighqualitySAE85W-140
wt.gearlube.
1.Withthemachineonalevelsurface,positionthe
wheelsothatthecheck/drainplug(
Figure43)isat
the6o'clockposition.
Figure43
1.Check/drainplug(6o'clockposition)
2.Placeadrainpanunderthehub,removetheplug,
andallowtheoiltodrain.
3.Placeanotherdrainpanunderthebrakehousingon
theothersideofthewheel(Figure44).
Figure44
1.Brakehousing
3.Checkplug
2.Drainplug
4.Removecheck/drainplugsfromthebrakehousing
andallowtheoiltodrain.
5.Whenalloftheoilhasdrained,installthebottom
pluginthebrakehousing.
6.Positionthewheelsothattheplugholeisatthe3or
9o'clockpositionontheplanetary.
7.Slowlyaddapproximately16oz.(0.5l)ofhigh
qualitySAE85W-140wt.gearlubetotheplanetary
llhole(atthetenortwoo'clockposition)untilthe
levelisuptothebottomofthebrakehousingcheck
hole.Installtheplug.
8.Repeattheprocedureontheopposite
planetary/brakeassembly.
CheckingtheRearAxle
Lubricant
ServiceInterval:Every400hours
TherearaxleisshippedfromthefactorylledwithSAE
85W-140wt.gearlube.Checktheoillevelbeforethe
engineisrststartedandevery400hoursthereafter.The
capacityis80oz.(2.4l).Visuallyinspectforleaksdaily.
1.Positionthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Removeacheckplugfromoneendoftheaxle
(Figure45)andmakesurethatthelubricantisupto
thebottomofthehole.Ifthelevelislow,remove
thellplug(Figure45)andaddenoughlubricantto
bringtheleveluptothebottomofthecheckplug
holes.
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