Toro 31222 - Storing the Battery; Drive System Maintenance; Checking the Tire Pressure; Correcting Steering Misalignment

WARNING
Batteryterminalsormetaltoolscouldshortagainst
metalmachinecomponentscausingsparks.Sparks
cancausethebatterygassestoexplode,resulting
inpersonalinjury.
•Whenremovingorinstallingthebattery,donot
allowthebatteryterminalstotouchanymetal
partsofthemachine.
•Donotallowmetaltoolstoshortbetween
thebatteryterminalsandmetalpartsofthe
machine.
WARNING
Incorrectbatterycableroutingcoulddamagethe
machineandcablescausingsparks.Sparkscan
causethebatterygassestoexplode,resultingin
personalinjury.
•Alwaysdisconnectthenegative(black)battery
cablebeforedisconnectingthepositive(red)
cable.
•Alwaysconnectthepositive(red)batterycable
beforeconnectingthenegative(black)cable.
StoringtheBattery
Ifthemachinewillbestoredmorethan30days,removethe
batteryandchargeitfully.Eitherstoreitonashelforon
themachine.Leavethecablesdisconnectedifitisstoredon
themachine.Storethebatteryinacoolatmospheretoavoid
quickdeteriorationofthechargeinthebattery.Toprevent
thebatteryfromfreezing,makesureitisfullycharged.The
specicgravityofafullychargedbatteryis1.265-1.299.
DriveSystem
Maintenance
CheckingtheTirePressure
ServiceInterval:Every50hours
Checkthepressureafterevery50operatinghoursormonthly,
whicheveroccursrst.
Maintaintheairpressureinthefrontandreartires.The
correctairpressureis172kPa(25psi)inthereartiresand
103kPa(15psi)inthefronttires.Ifacabisinstalledonthe
machine,thefrontandreartiresshouldbeinatedto172kPa
(25psi).Uneventirepressurecancausepoortractionand
possiblydamagetothetractiondrivecomponents.Checkthe
tireswhentheyarecoldtogetthemostaccuratepressure
reading.
CorrectingSteering
Misalignment
FourWheelDriveModels
1.Pressthesteeringselectorswitchtotherearward(four
wheelssteer)position(Figure44).
Figure44
1.Steeringselectorswitch
TwoandFourWheelDriveModels
2.Onapavedordirtsurface,turnthesteeringwheelto
theleftorrightandcontinueturninguntilall4wheels
havestoppedturning.Automaticsynchronizationof
wheelalignmentshouldoccur.
Important:Doingthisprocedureonturfcan
resultinturfdamagedirectlyundereachofthe
turningtires.
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