Maintenance—General
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RecommendedHarvesterHeadPositions
forMainSawChainandMainSawBar
Maintenance
CAUTION:Theharvesterheadcanmove
unpredictably.Alwayslowertheharvesterhead
tothegroundwhencarryingoutmaintenance.
Seriousinjuryordeathcanoccur.
CAUTION:Preventharvesterheadfrombeing
accidentallyactivated.Alwaysstopcarrierengine
andisolatetheWaratahcontrollerlocatedin
carriercab.Seriousinjuryordeathcanoccur.
1.Lowerharvesterheadtotheground.
2.Openfeedarms(2).
3.Activateupperdelimbknives(3)totheclosedposition.
4.Activatebaillock.
5.TurnofcarrierandWaratahcontroller.
CAUTION:Preventtheharvesterheadfrom
moving.Alwaysensurethatthetiltframeisinthe
harvestingorprocessingpositionandthelocking
pinisinstalled.Seriousinjuryordeathcanoccur.
6.Insertthelockingpinintheprocessingposition(5).
CAUTION:Preventinjuryfromyingorsharp
objects.Alwayswearapprovedglovesandeye
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2—FeedArm
3—UpperDelimbKnife
5—LockingPininProcessing
Position
6—MainSaw
protectionwhenperformingsawchainorsawbar
maintenance.Seriousinjuryordeathcanoccur.
7.Pullthemainsaw(6)downoutofthemainsawbox.
Fault-Finding
General
Withanyfaultnding,therststepistodecidewhere
toinvestigate.Sometimesthisisobvious,butonother
occasionsfurtherinvestigationisrequired.Alogical,
ratherthanhaphazard,approachtomakingadjustments
orreplacingparts,ismoreeffective.
Alwaystakeintoaccountanywarningsignsor
abnormalitiesthatmayhavebeennoticedintheperiod
precedingthefault(forexample,powerloss),and
remember:failureofacomponentsuchasacircuit
breaker,mayonlybeasymptomofanunderlyingfault.
Whateverthefault,certainbasicprinciplesapply.These
areasfollows:
1.Verifythefault.
Ensuresymptomsareidentiedbeforestartingwork.
Thisisparticularlyimportantwheninvestigatingafault
someoneelsehasdescribed.
2.Donotoverlooktheobvious.
Forexample,ifanelectricalfaultisindicated,check
thediagnosticindicatorsbeforealteringthewiring.
3.Curethedisease,notthesymptom.
4.Donottakeanythingforgranted.
Beawarethatnewcomponentsmaybedefective;do
notleavecomponentsoutofadiagnosissequence
justbecausetheyareneworrecentlytted.Whena
faultisdiagnosed,thekeyevidenceisoftenonhand
fromthestart.
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