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11. TROUBLE-SHOOTING CHART
The following section will detail procedures for checking your saw,
should you encounter a malfunction. Before setting, operating, clea-
ning, maintaining or repairing the processor, read the manufacturer’s
operating and maintenance instruction manual.
Type of trouble
Possible causes
Remedies
The machine starts but
the blade does not run.
- Locking flange of the blade
shaft is not tight
- V-belt slips
- Tighten both the screw and
- Tension the V-belt
Blade runs but in the
wrong direction
- The tractor driveline runs re-
volving in the wrong direction
- Set the driveline to run in the
right direction
Blade chops
- Stump blade
- Sharpen or replace the blade
Loud noise out of the
gearbox
- Low or no oil in the gearbox
- Faulty gearbox
- Fill new oil in the gearbox
- Replace gearbox
