Agri-Fab 45-0456 - Manual (Page 10)

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BrusH rePlaCemenT
noTe: Replace brushes one brush at a time.
Remove the hopper bag from the sweeper. 1.
Loosen hex bolts and lock nuts on two single brush 2.
retainers which clamp one brush to the double brush
retainers. DO NOT loosen or remove bolts which
fasten double brush retainers to brush shaft.
Slide the brush out of the retainers, noting on which
3.
side of the brush the bristles overlap.
Install new brush, making sure the bristles overlap on
4.
the same side of the brush as before.
serVICe anD aDJusTmenTs
sProCKeT anD Pawl serVICe
ImPorTanT: Do not remove both wheels at the same
time to avoid mixing of parts. (The R.H. and L.H. ratchet
sprockets are not interchangeable.) Make notes on the
position of washers and snap rings during assembly.
Remove the wheel by popping of the hub cap and 1.
removing the hex bolt and washer.
Remove retaining ring and washer which hold
2.
sprocket onto the shaft.
Remove sprocket, holding any washers or other
3.
hardware in the same position as removed from shafts.
To reassemble, slide sprockets, washers and
4.
retaining rings back onto the shaft in same order that
you removed them.
Lightly grease both shafts and fill the ratchet sprocket
5.
with grease.
Lightly grease axle and then reassemble wheel. The
6.
brushes should rotate only during forward rotation of
the wheel. If the brushes are driven (rotated) by both
forward and reverse rotation of the wheel, the drive
pin is jamming in the ratchet gear. Disassemble to
clean and lubricate drive pin and ratchet gear.
sToraGe
Clean the sweeper and hopper bag thoroughly to 1.
help prevent rust and mildew.
To collapse the hopper bag for storage, remove the
2.
two hopper support rods from the rear of the hopper.
CauTIon: Before storing the sweeper,
always empty the hopper bag to avoid
spontaneous combustion. Remove the hitch pin (20) from the center hole, fold 3.
the drawbar to the right or left and then replace hitch
pin (20). Refer to figure 5 on page 4.
Remove plastic wing nuts (31) from bag arm channel.
4.
Fold bag arm channels into sweeper housing and
replace plastic wing nuts (31). Refer to figure 2 on
page 4.
Store in a dry area.
5.
HEX BOLT
WASHER
HUB CAP
SHIM WASHER
SNAP RING
DRIVE
PIN
RATCHET
GEAR
BRUSH ROTATION
BRUSH ROTATION
OVERLAP
BRISTLES
OVERLAP
BRISTLES
SINGLE
BRUSH
RETAINERS
DOUBLE BRUSH RETAINER
BRUSH
SHAFT
FIGure 20
FIGure 21