ROPA Tiger 6, Original Operating Manual

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Maintenance and Service
Axles
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7.6.2 Differential gears front axle (portal axle)
The first oil change is required after 50 operating hours, further oil changes must be
performed annually.
1
(1) Oil drain screw
2
(2) Oil filling opening and oil level
control screw
DANGER
Injury hazard!
Hazard to life due to moving machine parts.
– Before oil change, each time stop the machine and switch off the engine.
– The machine must be secured against inadvertent starting of the engine.
– All maintenance and repair work may only be performed by trained personnel.
Proceed as follows for changing the oil:
– Change the oil only with gears warm after operation.
– Park the machine on level ground.
– Put an oil-resistant collecting vessel of sufficient size underneath.
– Turn off the oil drain screw of the differential gears. It is located at the bottom, at
the lowest part of the axle body.
– Open the oil level control screw and wait until the oil has drained completely.
– Reinsert the oil drain screw.
– Fill in oil through the oil filling opening for so long until the oil level reaches the
lower edge of the oil filling opening. The oil filling opening is located on the rear
right side of the axle.
– Screw the oil level control screw in again.
ATTENTION
For this differential gears, due to the installed multi-disk differential brake, oil with LS
additives (LS = Limited Slip) is prescribed.
Prescribed oil variants: Gear oil LS
API GL5, SAE 90 LS
Filling volume: approx. 23 litres