Gear housing, Drive shaft – Echo 99944200553 User Manual

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MAINTENANCE

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Gear Housing

1. Clean all loose debris from gear box.

2. Remove plug (A) and check level of grease.

3. Add grease if necessary, DO NOT over-fill.

4. Install plug (A).

Drive Shaft

Lower and upper drive shaft must be lubricated with POWER BLENDX

grease every 25 hours of

operation, otherwise drive shaft assembly overheating and failure can result.

1. Remove gear housing locator screw (A).

2. Loosen gear housing mounting bolt (B).

3. Pull gear box from drive shaft housing.

4. Pull flexible cable from the drive shaft housing, wipe clean

and re-coat with a thin coating [15 ml (1/2 oz.)] of POWER
BLENDX

5. Slide the flexible cable back in the drive housing. DO NOT

get dirt on the flex cable.

6. Position lower drive shaft (end without safety decal) into

gear housing shaft mount.

7. Align hole in drive shaft housing with gear housing shaft

hole (C), and seat lower drive shaft end into gear housing
shaft mount. Install and tighten locator screw (A).

8. Tighten gear housing mounting bolt (B).