Remove/Replace Drive Belt; Clearing A Plugged Rotor; Removing Rotor; Trailer Service Tips - Echo Bear cat Manual Del Propietário

SERVICE & MAINTENANCE
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5.7 remove/rePlace drive belT

Check the condition of the drive belts annually or every 50 hours
of operation, whichever comes first. Replace the belt if cracked,
frayed or worn. To replace the belt, proceed as follows:
1. Remove the upper shield, upper belt guide and lower belt
guard.
2. Remove idler pulley.
3. slip the drive belt off the belt pulleys.
4. Inspect pulleys for wear. Replace the pulleys if they are
cracked or worn so that the belt contact area is not smooth
and flat.
5. Place the new belt over pulleys. do not force or pry the belt
over pulleys as this may cause cord breakage.
6. Reinstall the idler pulley.
7. Check alignment (section 5.6).
8. Replace all shields, guides and guards.

5.8 clearing a Plugged roTor

1. Remove the bolt securing the discharge screen to the frame
and remove the shredder screen.
2. Clean the debris out of the shredding rotor and/or chipper
discharge area and tube. Turn the rotor by hand to be sure
it is free to rotate.
3. Install discharge screen and retaining bolt.

5.9 removing roTor

1. Remove discharge cover, screen and rotor shaft end cap.
2. Loosen the set screws on the lock collar securing the chute
side bearing on the rotor shaft.
3. using a punch and hammer, tap the lock collar in the op-
posite direction of normal rotation until loose; remove lock
collar and bearing.
4. Remove the upper shield, upper belt guide and lower belt
guard to allow access to the engine side bearing.
5. Remove the drive belt (section 5.7).
6. Loosen the set screws holding the belt pulley on the rotor
shaft and remove the pulley.
7. Repeat steps 2 and 3 on the engine side rotor bearing.
8. Remove the bolts securing the chipper chute cover to the
frame and remove chipper chute cover.
9. Remove rotor.
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Warning

5.10 Trailer Service TiPS

1. Check wheel bolt torque every 8 hours of towing use.
2. Check air pressure in tire every 8 hours. Fill to the recom-
mended PsI located on the tire sidewall.
3. Check and repack wheel bearings with grease every year.
3 INCH CHIPPER/SHREDDERS