Rauch MDS 8.2, Instruction Manual

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Maintenance and service
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12.5.1 Check
In order to check the metering slide adjustment, the mechanism must be
freely movable.
1.
Park the machine safely on the ground or on a pallet. Ensure the ground is
even and secure!
2. Remove both spreading discs.
3. Versions K/R/D
Connect the hydraulic hoses for the hydraulic metering slide actuator to the
hydraulic unit or tractor.
Versions C/Q
Connect the E-CLICK terminal or QUANTRON to the tractor.
4. Start the tractor/unit/transformer.
5. Close the metering slide.
6. Switch off the tractor and remove the ignition key, or switch off the unit/trans-
former.
7. Versions K/R/D/C : Adjust the stopper on the spreading volume scale to po-
sition 130 (for seeds or slug pellets to position 9).
Start the tractor / unit / transformer.
Open the metering slide until you reach the previously set stopper.
Version Q : Open metering slide (position 130).
Move to the test points (see the operator's manual of the control unit).
8. Switch off the tractor and remove the ignition key, or switch off the unit / trans-
former.
NOTICE
As the machine has a metering scale for each side, the adjustment work must
be carried out on both the
right and left sides.
9. Lower link pin
∅
= 28 mm
(for seeds or slug pellets, in-
sert the adjustment lever
∅
= 8 mm ) into the right or
left metering opening.
Figure 12.5: Lower link pin in metering
opening