Adjusting and Tightening Rear Wheels—Heavy Duty Cast 10-Bolt Hubs

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Heavy Duty Cast Drive Hub Shown

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.

CAUTION: Avoid the possibility of personal injury. Failure to follow torquing sequence and procedure will result in damage to equipment and may result in personal injury. Wheel bolts are critical and require repeated torquing.

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

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

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

   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 that 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.

   Item	Measurement	Specification
   Wheel Hub Sleeve Bolts
   Initial	Torque	400 N·m (300 lb-ft)
   Final	Torque	610 N·m (450 lb-ft)

7. Retighten bolts after working 3 HOURS, 10 HOURS, and DAILY during the first week of operation and then every 250 hours.

   IMPORTANT: Some sleeve bolts may loosen as sleeve is tightened. Repeat numerical torquing pattern until ALL sleeve bolts maintain proper torque. Failure to follow procedure could result in damage to equipment and may result in personal injury.