Backlapping
DANGER
TOAVOIDPERSONALINJURYORDEATH:
•Neverplacehandsorfeetinthereelareawhiletheengineis
running.Stayawayfromthecuttingreelswhenbacklapping.
•Whenbacklapping,runengineatidlespeedonly.
•Whilebacklapping,thereelsmaystallandthenrestart.
•Donotattempttorestartreelsbyhandorfoot.
•Donotadjustreelswhiletheengineisrunning.
•Ifareelstalls,stopenginebeforeattemptingtoclearthereel.
•Reelmotorsareconnectedinseries:rotatingonemotorcauses
rotationinothermotors.
1.Parkthemachineonacleanandlevelsurface,lowerthecuttingunits
completelytotheground,shutofftheengine,settheparkingbrake,and
removethekeyfromthekeyswitch.
2.Onallcuttingunits,makeinitialreeltobedknifeadjustmentsappropriate
forbacklapping.
IMPORTANT
Donotattempttorotatethedirectionalvalveleveronthehydraulic
manifoldwhentheengineorreelsarerunning.
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Figure167
1.ReelSpeedSelectorKnob
2.BacklapLever
3.Removetheconsolecoverandlocatethereelspeedselectorknoband
backlapleveronthehydraulicmanifold(Figure167).Rotatethereelspeed
selectorknobtoposition“1”andthebacklaplevertotheR(backlap)position.
4.Starttheengineandrunatlowidlespeed.
5.Withthemowspeedlimiterinthemowposition,movethePTOswitchto
theONposition.Presstheliftswitchtostartthebacklappingoperationon
thedesignatedreels.
6.Applylappingcompoundtocuttingreelswithalonghandlebrush(refer
toSpecialTools(page2–13)).Neveruseashorthandledbrushtoapply
lappingcompound.
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