Auxiliary equipment
Padfoot shells
BA RC50_RC70 en 00
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Loosening the clamp connection
Start the diesel engine and drive the machine slowly forwards until
one half of the shell [1] lies horizontally.
Switch off the diesel engine and remove the ignition key.
On the clamp connections [2] (only on the outside of the drum) at the
front of the drum, loosen the fastening screws [C] on the screw head.
Hold the nuts still with a wrench.
Replace the short fastening screws [3] with long mounting screws [4]
with mounting nuts and tighten them by hand (insert the mounting
screws in the clamp connection [2] from below).
Remove the fastening screw [3] on the clamp connection [5] in the
middle of the drum.
Now loosen both mounting screws [4] on the screw head until the nut
is flush with the screw (shell halves are detensioned).
Start the diesel engine and drive the machine slowly backwards until
the other half of the shell [1] lies horizontally at the bottom.
Switch off the diesel engine and remove the ignition key.
On the clamp connection [5] (only in the middle of the drum) at the
front of the drum, loosen the fastening screw [3] on the screw head.
Hold the nuts still with a wrench.
Replace the short fastening screw [3] with a long mounting screw [4]
with a mounting nut and tighten by hand.
Remove the fastening screws [2] on the clamp connection [3] on the
outside of the drum.
Now remove the mounting screws [4] on clamp connection [5] and
clamp connection [2] (rear of the drum).