5-2 BA 5001-6001 US – Edition 1.2 * 6001b510.fm
Maintenance
5.2 Maintenance strut
Maintenance strut 5001
WARNING
Crushing or striking hazard. An improperly supported dump bucket can fall
unexpectedly during maintenance work.
☞ Fold down the red maintenance strut before you perform maintenance work
with the dump bucket raised.
Procedure to follow:
☞ Raise the dump bucket.
☞ Remove split pin B.
☞ Maintenance strut A is folded down.
WARNING
Personal injury hazard. Persons can be struck or crushed by a dump bucket
that is being lowered too quickly.
☞ To insert the retaining pin, slowly and carefully lower the dump bucket to
align the hole in the bracket with the hole in the maintenance strut.
☞ Lower the dump bucket until maintenance strut A rests on support D.
Important
Fasten maintenance strut A on the dump bucket again (in the reverse order)
once maintenance work is over.
D
B
C
A
Fig. 70: Front dump bucket maintenance strut