Drive System
Maintenance
Checking the Seat Belt
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily
Visually inspect seat belt for wear, cuts, and proper operation
of retractor and buckle. Replace before operating if damaged.
Checking the Rollover
Protection System (ROPS)
Knobs
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily
WARNING
To avoid injury or death from rollover: keep the roll
bar in the fully raised locked position and use the
seat belt.
Ensure the seat is secured to the machine.
Check that both the mounting hardware and the knobs are
in good working condition. Make sure the knobs are fully
engaged with the ROPS in the raised position. The upper
hoop of the roll bar may need to be pushed forward or pulled
rearward to get both knobs fully engaged.
Figure 57
1.
ROPS knob (locked
position)
3.
Roll bar in the upright
position
2.
Pull ROPS knob out and
rotate 90 degrees to
change roll bar position
4.
Roll bar in the folded
position
Adjusting the Tracking
1.
Disengage the blade control switch (PTO).
2.
Drive to an open flat area, move the motion control
levers to the neutral locked position.
3.
Move the throttle midway between fast and slow.
4.
Move both motion control levers all the way forward
until they both hit the stops in the T-slot.
5.
Check which way the machine tracks.
6.
If it tracks to the right, loosen the bolts and adjust
the left stop plate rearward on the left T-slot until the
machine tracks straight (Figure 58).
7.
If it tracks to the left, loosen the bolts and adjust the
right stop plate rearward on the right T-slot until the
machine tracks straight (Figure 58).
8.
Tighten the stop plate (Figure 58).
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