USER MANUAL
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03/2017
8
MOUNTING OF THE DRIVE SHAFT (CARDAN SHAFT)
8.1
OPERATOR’S SAFETY
To avoid possible accidents and personal injuries please follow the instructions and
recommendations written below!
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Before mounting (connecting of the cardan shaft to the tractor and the sprayer) the drive shaft –
cardan shaft,
always turn off the engine and remove the start key from its lock.
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When mounting the cardan shaft, the cardan shaft of the tractor can be easily turned if the
engine and the cardan shaft are turned off.
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When mounting the cardan shaft make sure that the safety pin is in right position and well
stuck in its hole. Pull and push the cardan shaft forwards and backwards as long as the safety
pin is not in its hole.
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Rotating shafts can be very dangerous!
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Always make sure that all of the safety devices are on their place and that all of the rotating
surfaces are well covered, including the “junctions” of the cardan shaft on both ends! Do not
use cardan shafts without having secured them!
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Do not touch rotating cardan shafts! The safety distance to a rotating cardan should not be less
than 1.5 m.
- Before starting the engine, secure PTO protective elements with a chainlet.
- Make sure that the protection of the cardan on the tractor is well connected (attached)!
- Always turn off the engine and remove the start key from its lock before starting maintaining
the machine or connecting the cardan shaft!
8.2
CONNECTION OF THE CARDAN SHAFT
The first mounting of the cardan shaft should be performed as follows:
1.
Mount the sprayer to the tractor and lift the tractor’s lift arms to such a height, where the
distance between the tractor’s connection shaft and the sprayer’s connection shaft is the
shortest (both connection shafts are on the same height).
Be careful not to hit the sprayer
against the tractor or the ground.
2.
Stop the tractor’s engine and remove the start key from its lock).
3
Connect the short exiting cardan shaft of the tractor with the short cardan shaft of the sprayer
by means of the cardan shaft.
4
In the case the cardan shaft is too long and needs to be shortened, pull out the cardan shaft and
mount each end of it separately to the shaft of the tractor and to the shaft of the sprayer,
measure it out and mark the place where it needs to be cut.
WARNING: the covering of both cardan shafts must be at least 150 mm.
5. Use an appropriate tool to shorten both parts in the same way and do not forget to remove the
swarf.
6. Attach the profiles and join the parts
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