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MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
Every 25 Hours
Use high temperature extreme pressure (EP2) performance with 1% max molybdenum disulphide (NLGI Grade 2)
lithium base unless otherwise speci
fi ed.
Knifehead:
Lubricate the knifehead (A) every 25 hours.
Check for signs of excessive heating on the fi rst few guards
after greasing. If required, relieve the pressure by pressing
the check-ball in the grease
fi tting.
IMPORTANT:
Over-greasing the knifehead puts pressure on the knife
causing it to rub against the guards, resulting in excessive
wear from binding. Do
NOT
over-grease the knifehead.
Apply only one to two pumps using a mechanical grease
gun (do
NOT
use an electric grease gun). If more than
six to eight pumps of the grease gun are required to fi ll
the cavity, replace the seal in the knifehead. Refer to
5.8.3 Removing Knifehead Bearing, page 347
.
Figure 5.5: Every 25 Hours
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