Toro Groundsmaster 1200 - Page 20

IdentifyingtheFastener
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InchSeriesBoltsandScrews
1.Grade12.Grade53.Grade8
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MetricBoltsandScrews
1.Class8.82.Class10.9
FastenerswithaLockingFeature
IMPORTANT
Ifafastenerwithalockingfeatureorpreviouslyappliedthread
lockingcompoundisreused,cleanthefastenerthreadsandapply
newthreadlockertothefastenerduringinstallation.
Lockingfeaturesaredesignedtocreatefrictionandpreventafastenerfrom
loosening.Lockingfeaturescanbefoundonexternallyorinternallythreaded
fasteners.Commonexamplesareplasticinsertsincorporatedintothefastener
andpre-applied“dry”threadlockingcompound.Keepinmind,afastenerwith
alockingfeatureusuallymeanstherewillbefrictionduringinitialinstallation
andduringremoval.
Tororecommendsreplacingfastenerswithalockingfeatureoncetheyhave
beenremovedbecausetheeffectivenessofthelockingfeaturediminisheswith
eachreuse.Ifitisnecessarytoreuseafastenerwithalockingfeature;applya
threadlockingcompound(Loctite,forexample)tothefastenerduringinstallation.
Usetheappropriatestrengthandtypeofthreadlockingcompoundbasedon
application,fastenersizeorinformationfoundintheproductoperatorsmanual,
servicemanual,orinstallationinstructions.
SpecicationsandMaintenance:TorqueSpecications
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Groundsmaster®1200Pull-BehindRotaryMower
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