Toro Groundsmaster 3280-D - Maintaining the Rear Axle

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MaintainingtheRearAxle
4-WheelDriveMachinesOnly
RearAxle-LubricantSpecication:SAE80W-90
weightgearlube
CheckingtheRearAxleLubricant
4-WheelDriveMachinesOnly
ServiceInterval:Every200hoursChecktherear
axlelubricantbeforeoperatingthe
machineforthersttime,andthen
every200hoursthereafter.
Therearaxlehas3separatereservoirsthatuseSAE
80W-90weightgearlube.Althoughthefactoryships
theaxlewithlubricant,checkthelubricantlevelbefore
operatingthemachineforthersttime.
1.Positionthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Removethecheckplugfromthecenter-axle
housingandtheaxleandll/checkplugsateach
outboard-axlecase(Figure57andFigure58).
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Figure57
1.Checkplug
2.Fillplug
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Figure58
1.Fill/checkplug(outboard-axlecase—1oneachendofaxle)
3.Checkthatthereislubricantuptothethreads
atthebottomofeachplughole(Figure57and
Figure58).
4.Iftheleveloflubricantislow,performthe
following:and
A.Ifllingthecenter-axlehousing,removethe
llplug(Figure57).
B.Addthespeciedrear-axlelubricantinto
theaxlereservoir(s)untilthelubricantlevel
uptothebottomofthecheck-plugholes
(Figure57andFigure58).
C.Ifremovedfromthecenter-axlehousing,
applyPTFEthreadsealanttothethreads
ofthellplugandinstallitintothehousing
(Figure57).
5.ApplyPTFEthreadsealanttothethreadsofthe
checkplugfromthecenter-axlehousingand
ll/checkplugsfromthe2outboard-axlecases
(Figure57).
6.Installthecheckplugintothecenter-axle
housingandll/checkplugsintothe2
outboard-axlecases(Figure57andFigure58).
ChangingtheRearAxleLubricant
4-WheelDriveMachinesOnly
ServiceInterval:Every400hours
1.Positionthemachineonalevelsurface.
2.Cleantheareasaroundthe3drainplugs(Figure
59).
Note:1plugateachoutboard-axlecaseand1
plugatthecenter-axlehousing.
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