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Blue Diamond® Attachments
4. Maintenance
4.1
General
Failure to follow the safety procedures before
cleaning, adjusting, lubricating, or servicing this
unit could result in serious injury or death.
Proper maintenance of the attachment will result
in longer life and more productive and cost
effective operation. There are two basic categories
of maintenance, lubrication and broom wafer
maintenance.
Lubrication
Grease the following lube points weekly. Lubricate
all grease zerks with an EP Lithium NLGL No. 2
grade grease. One example is Mobilux EP2.
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• Broom Shroud pivot zerks. These two zerks
are located at the top rear of each side of the
bucket and should be greased weekly.
• Bearings. Grease the bearing on each side of
the broom. The left bearing can be accessed
by removing the chain cover.
Checking and Adjusting the Broom
Pattern
The brush pattern should be checked and adjusted
every 8 hours or daily. To check and adjust the
pattern:
1. Move the broom to a dusty flat surface.
2. With the loader at low throttle, start the broom
motor.
3. Slowly lower the broom until it is the operating
position. (bolt-on edge is 1” off of ground).
4. Keep the broom in this position for 10 seconds.
Do not move loader.
5. Raise broom, stop the broom motor, and move
the loader back several feet. Lower broom to
ground, set loader brake and dismount loader.
6. Measure pattern width left by broom. Pattern
should be 2”-4” wide.
7. To adjust pattern, carefully prop up the broom
shroud assembly. Remove the two bent leg
pins.
8. Move the two stop pins to a different hole
location and replace the two bent pins. To
widen the pattern move the stop pins up. To
narrow the pattern move the stop pins down
(See illustration).
WARNING
