Adjusting Rear Wheels-Steel

CAUTION: Avoid personal injury. NEVER run the engine with transmission in gear and rear wheels off the ground. MFWD wheels could pull rear wheels off support. MFWD must be disengaged and transmission in NEUTRAL to rotate axle.

1. Raise the tractor on level ground and turn wheel so rack on the axle is upward.

2. Loosen the hub center bolts against the retaining nuts.

3. Remove the outer hub sleeve bolts. Use hub sleeve bolts in the jack screws to loosen sleeves. Tighten jack screws up to 500-600 N·m (370-440 lb-ft) if necessary.

NOTE: Strike end of axle with a heavy hammer and use penetrating oil if sleeves are difficult to break loose.

4. Remove jack screws from upper hub sleeve and install JDG667A Wheel Adjusting Tool (available from your John Deere Dealer) using sleeve bolts. Move wheel to desire position. Observe tread width limitations.

5. Remove adjusting tool and jack screws.

CAUTION: Never operate tractor with a loose rim, wheel, or hub.

IMPORTANT: Keep the face of hub sleeves even to prevent hub breakage or bolt loosening.

6. Tighten hub sleeve bolts to 204 N·m (150 lb-ft) beginning with the center bolts, then criss-crossing the other bolts. Retighten bolts to 410 N·m (300 lb-ft) using the same sequence.

Drive tractor a minimum of 100 meters (100 yd) and tighten bolts to 600 N·m (445 lb-ft).

Retighten bolts after working 3 HOURS and again after 10 HOURS .

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