Maintenance & Repair (cont’d)
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Installing teeth
Install your teeth with the carbide facing down. The shoulder of the tooth will meet
the flat detent of the pocket and the tooth will not rotate. Thread nut onto the top
portion of the tooth. Hand tighten for now. Repeat until all teeth are installed.
Torque
1.
Torque the low-pro pocket bolts to 180 – 240 ft lbs.
2.
You will notice the slotted end of the low-pro pocket bolt is about 1/8” short of the
end of the threaded pocket. This is okay. This area will fill with dirt and protect the
extraction slot at the end of the low-pro pocket bolt. If you need the slot, clean out
the packed dirt and use the slot to turn out the broken bolt.
3.
To torque your tooth down, tighten the top lock nut until the tooth is firmly seated.
(See torque settings table below). Double check that the tooth is firmly seated. Do
not over tighten. Over tightening the nut will stretch the threads and make it
impossible to ever tighten again.
4.
Once the low-pro pocket bolts, teeth and nuts are seated and torqued properly, cut a
few stumps. Recheck bolts and nuts to make sure they are tight and secure.
Recheck frequently for the first week of use and once a week thereafter.
Torque settings - Nuts
20 ft-lbs
When you dull or damage a cutting edge, loosen the top nut, tap the tooth down, rotate
the tooth a third of a turn and tighten back up.
