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Skid Shoe and Tilt Plate Adjustment
Skid Shoe Adjustment:
1. Remove the handle from the ratchet keeper
by pulling the hitch clip pin and insert into the
handle on the ratchet jack.
2. Loosen the locking nut on the ratchet jack.
3. Hold the body of the ratchet jack and rotate the
ratchet jack handle to raise or lower the skid
shoes.
4. If the skid shoe is not moving in the proper
direction, move the forward/reverse lever on
the handle (see Figure 2). Rotate the ratchet
jack handle again to move the skid shoe in the
direction needed.
5. After skid shoe is adjusted, rotate the ratchet
jack handle until it rests up against the ratchet
keeper. Return the removable handle to the
ratchet keeper ensuring that the ratchet jack
handle is captured by the removable handle
and the ratchet keeper. Secure the handle to
the ratchet keeper with a hitch clip pin.
6. Tighten the locking nut against the ratchet jack
body to keep it from moving.
7. When skid shoes are worn, replace with new
skid shoes.
Tilt Plate Adjustment:
1. Remove bolts and tilt plates.
Note: Don’t remove all of the bolts at the same
time.
2. Add or remove washers as needed to adjust tilt-
way clearance to have 1/16” - 1/8”
of clearance
in direction ‘B’ shown in Figure 2.
3. Once the tilt-way clearance is set, tighten bolts
to 640 ft-lbs.
Connecting and Disconnecting the Blade
To connect the blade follow Steps #18-25 on Page 4.
To disconnect the blade, set the blade on the ground, unhook all of the couplers on the top arm and
pull the 3/4” pin (Part #19 on Page 7) from the mushroom skid shoe link (#34 on Page 7) and store the
pin in the empty hole on blade side of the skid shoe mount. The skid shoe link can now rotate freely.
This will allow the blade to lean back further for easy disconnection and reconnection later without
affecting your skid shoe height for dozing. Unlock the quick attach system with the pin pulling handle.
Slowly lower the lift system and quick attaches from the blade to disconnect the blade and back away
from the blade.
Skid Shoe
Figure 2
Lever
Handle
Removable
Handle
Figure 1
Handle