DisconnectingtheBattery
WARNING
Incorrectbatterycableroutingcoulddamage
themachineandcables,causingsparks.
Sparkscancausethebatterygassesto
explode,resultinginpersonalinjury.
•Alwaysdisconnectthenegative(black)
batterycablebeforedisconnectingthe
positive(red)cable.
•Alwaysconnectthepositive(red)battery
cablebeforeconnectingthenegative
(black)cable.
•Alwayskeepthebatterystrapinplaceto
protectandsecurethebattery.
WARNING
Batteryterminalsormetaltoolscouldshort
againstmetalmachinecomponents,causing
sparks.Sparkscancausethebatterygasses
toexplode,resultinginpersonalinjury.
•Whenremovingorinstallingthebattery,
donotallowthebatteryterminalstotouch
anymetalpartsofthemachine.
•Donotallowmetaltoolstoshortbetween
thebatteryterminalsandmetalpartsofthe
machine.
1.Squeezethesidesofthebatterycoverand
removethecoverfromthetopofthebattery
(Figure40).
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Figure40
1.Positivebatteryterminal5.Batterycover
2.Positivebatterycable6.Batteryclamp
3.Negativebatterycable7.Locknut
4.Negativebatteryterminal
8.Carriagebolt
2.Disconnectthenegativebatterycablefromthe
terminalofthebattery(Figure40).
3.Disconnectthepositivebatterycablefromthe
terminalofthebattery(Figure40).
RemovingtheBattery
1.Disconnectthebatterycables;referto
DisconnectingtheBattery(page38).
2.Removethelocknut,carriagebolt,andbattery
clampthatsecuresthebatterytothebatterytray
(Figure40).
3.Removethebatteryfromthebatterytray(Figure
40).
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