Toro 30881 - Checking the Planetary Gear-Drive Lubricant; Changing the Planetary-Gear-Drive Oil

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Figure98
1.Frontdrivewheels
4.Repeatstep3fortheotherdrivewheel.
5.Ifeitherwheelmoves,contactyourauthorized
Torodistributortohavetheplanetarydrive
rebuilt.
CheckingthePlanetary
Gear-DriveLubricant
ServiceInterval:Every400hours(checkifyou
noticeexternalleakage).
LubricantSpecication:highqualitySAE85W-140
gearlubricant
1.Parkthemachineonlevelsurface,positionthe
wheelsothatthellplugisatthe12o'clock
position,thecheckplugisat3o'clockposition,
andthedrainplugisatthe6o'clockposition
(Figure99).
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Figure99
1.Fillplug(12o’clockposition)
2.Checkplug(3o’clockposition)
3.Drainplug(6o’clockposition)
2.Removethecheckplugatthe3o’clockposition
(Figure99).
Theoillevelshouldbeatthebottomofthe
check-plughole.
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Figure100
1.Check-plughole2.Checkplug
3.Iftheoillevelislow,removethellplugatthe
12o’clockpositionandaddoiluntilitbeginsto
owoutoftheholeatthe3o’clockposition.
4.ChecktheO-ringfortheplug(s)forwearor
damage.
Note:ReplacetheO-ring(s)asneeded.
5.Installtheplug(s).
6.Repeatsteps1through5ontheplanetarygear
assemblyattheothersideofthemachine.
Changingthe
Planetary-Gear-DriveOil
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst200hours
Every800hoursoryearly,whichevercomes
rst.
Lubricantspecication:highqualitySAE85W-140
gearlubricant
Planetaryandbrakehousinglubricationcapacity:
0.65L(22oz)
DrainingthePlanetary-Gear-Drive
1.Parkthemachineonlevelsurface,positionthe
wheelsothatthellplugisatthe12o'clock
position,thecheckplugisat3o'clockposition,
andthedrainplugisatthe6o'clockposition;
refertoFigure99inCheckingthePlanetary
Gear-DriveLubricant(page66).
2.Removethellplugatthe12o’clockposition
andthecheckplugatthe3o’clockposition
(Figure101).
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