STR46SPVGH • RIDE-ON POWER TROWEL — OPERATION MANUAL — REV. #0 (07/17/08) — PAGE 33
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2. Loosen the jam nut and cone point square head set screw.
1. Remove the hardware securing the stabilizer ring to the
trowel arm. (Figure 34)
Remove the trowel blades by removing the three hex head bolts
(Figure 33) from the trowel arm. Set blades aside.
Figure 33. Trowel Blades
Trowel Blade Removal
Figure 34. Stabilizer Ring
Trowel Arm Removal
STR46SPVGH— MAINTENANCE
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Wire brush
any build-up of concrete from all six sides of the
trowel arm. Repeat this for the remaining arms.
4. Should the trowel arm inserts (bronze bushing) come out with
the trowel arm, remove the bushing from the trowel arm and
set aside in a safe place. If the bushing is retained inside the
spider plate, carefully remove the bushing.
5. Examine the bronze trowel arm bushing (Figure 36), and
clean if necessary. Replace bushing if out-of-round or worn.
Figure 36. Bronze Bushings
2. Each trowel arm is held in place at the spider plate by a hex
head bolt (zerk grease fitting) and a roll pin. Remove both the
hex head bolt and the roll pin (Figure 35) from the spider
plate.
3. Remove the trowel arm from the spider plate.
Figure 35. Removing Roll Pin
and Zerk Grease Fitting
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Spider Plate
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Roll Pin
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Hex Head Bolt (Zerk Fitting)
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Spider Plate
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Bronze Bushing
3. Carefully lift the
upper trowel assembly
off of the spider
assembly. A slight tap with a rubber mallet may be necessary
to dislodge the spider from the main shaft of the gearbox.
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Trowel Arm
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Trowel Blade
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Hex Head Bolt
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Lock Washer
