Cooling System
Maintenance
Cleaning the Radiator Screen
To prevent the system from overheating, the radiator screen
and radiator must be kept clean. Check and clean the
screen and radiator daily or, if necessary, hourly. Clean these
components more frequently in dusty, dirty conditions.
1. Remove the radiator screen
2. Working from the fan side of the radiator, blow out the
radiator with compressed air.
Figure 46
1. Radiator screen
3. Clean the screen and reinstall it.
(Figure
46).
2. Radiator
Brake Maintenance
Adjusting the Brakes
Service Interval: Yearly
A brake adjustment rod is located on each side of the machine
so that the brakes can be equally adjusted. Adjust the brakes
as follows:
1. While moving forward in transport speed, press the
brake pedal; both wheels should lock equally.
CAUTION
Testing the brakes in a confined area where
others are present could cause injury.
Always check the brakes in a wide,
open-spaced, flat area which is free of other
persons and obstructions before and after
adjustment.
2. If the brakes do not lock equally, disconnect the brake
rods by removing the cotter pin and clevis pin
47).
1. Clevis pin and cotter pin
2. Jam nut
3. Loosen the jam nut and adjust the clevis accordingly
(Figure
47).
4. Assemble the clevis to the brake shaft
5. Check the amount of free travel of the brake pedal
when the adjustment is completed. There should be
13 to 25 mm (1/2 to 1 inch) travel before the brake
shoes make contact with the brake drums. Adjust, if
necessary, to achieve this setting.
6. While moving forward in transport speed, press the
brake pedal; both brakes should lock equally. Adjust,
if necessary.
7. It is recommended that the brakes be burnished
annually; refer to the
section.
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Figure 47
3. Clevis
4. Brake shaft
(Figure
Adjusting the Brakes (page 42)
(Figure
47).