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MAINTENANCE & LUBRICATION
FITTING NEW REEL DRIVE V BELTS
Ensure engine is switched off and key is removed. Remove covers(2 top and 1 side). Slacken engine bolts and move
engine forward. Undo 2 setscrews securing the brake calliper and lift up and pull
away clear of the disc. Place some packing (cardboard is ideal) in-between the brake pads to keep them in position.
Remove belts on the bearing that is close to the disc and slacken the bolts on the bearing near the large chain pinion.
This allows the shaft to be tilted up and the belt can be removed. Fit a new belt and put shaft back into position.
Replace and tighten the bolts.
Disconnect brake rod from brake lever with the engine turned off. Put the tine reel into drive with the over centre lever.
Ensure that belt fingers on engine are not more than 2mm and not less than 1mm away from the tensioned tine drive
belt. Take the over centre lever out of drive and start engine. Put the over centre lever into drive and ensure that the
belts stop driving. When the over centre lever is out of drive. If the belt stops driving, turn off the engine and refit the
brake rod.
CAUTION
ALWAYS SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY MACHINE MAINTENANCE WORK.
SP20008_REV3
MAY 2018