Adjusting and Tightening Rear Wheels-Heavy Duty Cast Drive and Dual Hubs

causym 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. Disengage MFWD and put transmission in NEUTRAL to rotate axle. Never operate tractor with a loose rim, wheel, or hub.

IMPORTANT: Carefully follow procedure. Failure to do so could lead to wheel hub damage.

1. Raise the tractor on level ground with rack upward on the axle.

2. Loosen (without removing) sleeve bolts (1-10) just enough to move wheel.

IMPORTANT: Do not loosen or remove the two allen head screws. Doing so could result in wheel jamming or damage.

3. Turn pinion gear (A) to move wheel to desired position.

4. Tighten sleeve bolts (1-10) in numerical order to initial torque specifications. Make sure wheel is perpendicular to axle.

5. Tighten sleeve bolts (1-10) in numerical order to final torque specifications.

6. Drive tractor a minimum of 100 meters (100 yd) and retighten bolts in numerical order to final torque specifications.

Wheel Hub Sleeve Bolts - Specification

Initial -Torque 405 N·m (300 lb-ft)
Final -Torque 610 N·m (450 lb-ft)

7. Retighten bolts after working 3 HOURS , 10 HOURS , and DAILY for the first week of operation.

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Heavy Duty Cast Drive Hub Shown

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