Toro 30881 - Pre-Maintenance Procedures; Pre-Maintenance Safety; Preparing the Machine for Maintenance; Lifting the Machine

Pre-Maintenance
Procedures
Pre-MaintenanceSafety
•Beforeadjusting,cleaning,repairing,orleaving
themachine,dothefollowing:
–Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
–Pressdownandholdtheengine-speedswitch
tosettheenginetolow-idlespeed.
–Disengageandlowerthecuttingunits.
–Ensurethatthetractionisinneutral.
–Engagetheparkingbrake.
–Shutofftheengineandremovethekey.
–Waitforallmovingpartstostop.
–Allowmachinecomponentstocoolbefore
performingmaintenance.
•Ifthecuttingunitsareinthetransportposition,
usethepositivemechanicallockandthestorage
lanyards(ifavailable)beforeyouleavethe
machineunattended.
•Ifpossible,donotperformmaintenancewhilethe
engineisrunning.Keepawayfrommovingparts.
•Usejackstandstosupportthemachineor
componentswhenrequired.
•Carefullyreleasepressurefromcomponentswith
storedenergy.
PreparingtheMachinefor
Maintenance
1.EnsurethatthePTOisdisengaged.
2.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
3.Engagetheparkingbrake.
4.Lowerthecuttingunit(s)ifnecessary.
5.Shutofftheengineandwaitforallmovingparts
tostop.
6.TurnthekeytotheSTOPpositionandremoveit.
7.Allowmachinecomponentstocoolbefore
performingmaintenance.
LiftingtheMachine
Usethefollowingaspointstoliftthemachine:
Frontofthemachine—attheframeofthemachine,
forwardofthewheel-drivemotors(Figure71)
Important:Donotsupportthemachineatthe
wheel-drivemotors.Keeptheliftingequipment
clearofhydraulictubingandhoses.
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Figure71
Rearofthemachine—atthecenteroftheaxle
(Figure72)
Locatethejackstandsofthespeciedcapacityatboth
sidesofthegearcaseandundertheaxle.
Important:Donotsupportthemachineatthetie
rod.
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Figure72
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