Maintenance and repairs
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13.3.3 Weekly inspection
Check
What to do?
Wheel nuts
Check that all wheel nuts are tight and, if re-
quired, retighten the wheel nuts to the appro-
priate torque.
Screw connections
Retighten all other bolts and nuts on the device
to the appropriate torque.
If required, secure the screw connections with
locking compound.
See section entitled "Tightening torques".
13.4 Tightening
torques
13.4.1 General information
Once loosened, secure self-locking nuts against self-loosening by
exchanging the nuts with new self-locking nuts.
using safety washers.
using thread-locking compounds, such as Loctite.
The following tightening torques refer to screw threaded fittings
not specifically mentioned in these operating instructions. Special
tightening torques are indicated in the text.
