Lubricating and Maintaining Machine Safely

TS1644-UN-22AUG95

E50093-UN-08AUG01

CAUTION: Help prevent bodily injury or death caused by entanglement in rotating driveline or blades. Entanglement in rotating driveline or being struck by blades can cause serious injury or death.

Components will be hot after operation. Let all components cool before servicing.

Replace all shields after lubricating or servicing.

CAUTION: To help prevent personal injury caused by unexpected movement, be sure to service machine on a level surface.

Before servicing, adjusting or lubricating machine connected to a tractor:

1. Lower machine to the ground.
2. Engage tractor parking brake and/or place transmission in “Park”.
3. Disengage PTO.
4. Shut off tractor engine and remove key.
5. Wait until all moving parts have stopped.
6. Disconnect PTO driveline from tractor.

The blades and blade holder may rotate for several minutes after PTO is shut off. Look and listen for rotating driveline to stop before working on the mower.

When checking gear case hardware torque and blade holder hardware torque, it will be necessary to work underneath mower. Be sure to support mower frame at all four corner locations with safety shop stands to prevent accidental lowering (or with wood blocks). Do not position safety stands under mower rotor because this component can rotate.