Every 200 Hours: Cutterbar-Changing Oil

1. Shorten tilt control cylinder for flattest angle. (See Adjusting Cut Height in Operating the Mower-Conditioner section.)

2. Run machine to warm cutterbar oil.

3. Raise machine and engage cylinder lift stop on RIGHT-HAND side only.

4. Put a container of about 15 L (4 U.S. gal) under cutterbar drain plug (A).

5. Loosen sight glass with 7/8 in. (24 mm) socket. DO NOT remove sight glass at this time.

6. Put wooden block under left-hand side of cutterbar.

7. Lower machine onto wooden block.

8. Remove right-hand sight glass to drain oil.

IMPORTANT: Tighten sight glass to specifications. Do not over tighten.

9. Reinstall sight glass after oil has been removed and torque to specifications.

Specification

Sight glass -Torque 77 N·m 55 lb-ft

10. Raise machine and remove wooden block.

11. Disengage right-hand cylinder lift stop.

12. Lower machine.

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A-Sight Glass
B-Fill Cap

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NOTE: Approximate cutterbar oil capacity is:

946 Mower-Conditioner - 9.5 L (10 US qt; 2.5 US gal)

956 Mower-Conditioner - 10.4 L (11 US qt; 2.75 US gal)

13. Remove cap (B) on top of fill hose. Add John Deere HY-GARD ® high viscosity oil, or equivalent. (See Cutterbar Oil in this section.)

14. Install filler cap.

15. Use sight glass (A) at BOTH ENDS of cutterbar to check oil level. (See Cutterbar-Checking Oil Level in this section.)

HY-GARD is a registered trademark of Deere & Company.

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