DriveSystem
Maintenance
CheckingtheTirePressure
ServiceInterval:Every25hours—Checktirepressure.
Maintaintheairpressureinthefrontandreartiresas
specied.Uneventirepressurecancauseunevencut.
Checkthepressureatthevalvestem(
Figure49).Check
thetireswhentheyarecoldtogetthemostaccurate
pressurereading.
Refertothemaximumpressuresuggestedbythetire
manufactureronthesidewallofthecasterwheeltires.
Inatethereardrivewheeltiresto13psi.
Figure49
1.Valvestem
HydraulicSystem
Maintenance
OilType:20w-50engineoil.
Important:Useoilspeciedorequivalent.Other
uidscouldcausesystemdamage.
CheckingtheHydraulicOil
Level
ServiceInterval:Every25hours
Checkexpansionreservoirandifnecessaryadd20W-50
engineoiltotheFULLCOLDline
Figure50
1.Expansionreservoir3.Engine
2.FullColdline
ChangingtheHydraulic
SystemFilterandOil
Thelterandoilarechangedatthesametime.DoNot
reuseoil.Oncethenewlterisinstalledandoilisadded
anyairinthesystemmustbepurged.
Thebleedingprocessisrepeateduntiltheoilremains
attheFULLCOLDlineinthereservoirafterpurging.
Failuretoproperlyperformthisprocedurecan
resultinirreparabledamagetothetransaxledrive
system.
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