Hardi ZEBRA AXIAL, Instruction Book

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4 - Start up
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Mechanical connections
Operator safety
1. Always STOP THE ENGINE before attaching the transmission shaft to the tractor P.T.O. - most tractor P.T.O. shafts can be
rotated by hand to facilitate spline alignment, when the engine is stopped.
2. When attaching the shaft, make sure that the snap lock is FULLY ENGAGED - push and pull the shaft until it locks.
3. Always keep protection guards and chains intact and make sure that it covers all rotating parts, including CV-joints at
each end of the shaft. Do not use without protection guard.
4. Do not touch or stand on the transmission shaft when it is rotating - safety distance: 1.5 meter. Also NEVER cross over
a rotating P.T.O. shaft to reach the other side of the sprayer.
5.
Prevent protection guards from rotating by attaching the chains allowing sufficient slack for turns.
6. Make sure that protection guards around the tractor P.T.O. and the implement shaft are intact.
7. Always STOP THE ENGINE and remove the ignition key before carrying out maintenance or repairs to the transmission
shaft or implement.
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DANGER! ROTATING TRANSMISSION SHAFTS WITHOUT PROTECTION GUARDS ARE FATAL.
P.T.O. installation
Initial installation of the driveshaft may involve having to cut the axle to
adapt it to the tractor to which it will be hitched. To hitch it for the first
time, proceed as follows:
1. Attach the mistblower to the tractor in such a way that the
distance between the PTO shaft and the mistblower pump is the
shortest possible.
2. Stop the engine and remove the ignition key.
3. If the driveshaft needs to be shortened, pull the two parts of the
shaft apart. Fit the two parts of the shaft, one to the tractor and the
other to the mistblower crankshaft and measure out the length
that needs to be removed. Mark the protection guards.
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ATTENTION! The shafts must always have a minimum overlap of
one third of their working length.
4. Cut both parts equally, using a saw. File the profiles afterwards to
remove burrs.
5.
Grease the profiles and reassemble male fitting and female fitting.
6. Fit the shaft to the tractor PTO and to the mistblower pump shaft.