Toro Groundsmaster 4010 - Pre-Maintenance Procedures; Pre-Maintenance Safety

Pre-Maintenance
Procedures
Pre-MaintenanceSafety
•Beforeadjusting,cleaning,repairing,orleaving
themachine,dothefollowing:
–Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
–Movethethrottleswitchtothelow-idleposition.
–Disengagethecuttingunits.
–Lowerthecuttingunits.
–Ensurethatthetractionisinneutral.
–Engagetheparkingbrake.
–Shutofftheengineandremovethekey.
–Waitforallmovingpartstostop.
–Allowmachinecomponentstocoolbefore
performingmaintenance.
•Ifthecuttingunitsareinthetransportposition,use
thepositivemechanicallock(ifavailable)before
youleavethemachineunattended.
•Ifpossible,donotperformmaintenancewhilethe
engineisrunning.Keepawayfrommovingparts.
•Usejackstandstosupportthemachineor
componentswhenrequired.
•Carefullyreleasepressurefromcomponentswith
storedenergy.
PreparingtheMachinefor
Maintenance
1.EnsurethatthePTOisdisengaged.
2.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
3.Engagetheparkingbrake.
4.Lowerthemowerdeck(s)ifnecessary.
5.Shutofftheengineandwaitforallmovingparts
tostop.
6.TurntheignitionkeytotheSTOPpositionand
removeit.
7.Allowmachinecomponentstocoolbefore
performingmaintenance.
RemovingtheHood
1.Unlatchandraisethehood.
2.Removethehairpincottersecuringthehood
pivottothemountingbrackets(Figure64).
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Figure64
1.Hairpincotter
3.Slidethehoodtotherightside,lifttheother
side,andpullitoutofthebrackets.
Note:Reversethisproceduretoinstallthehood.
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