OM1020 01/02 Introduction - Section 1 Page 1-7 About This Manual This Manual is written for use by the operator and/or the service technician and is designed to help these persons to become fully knowledgeable of the truck and all its systems in order to keep it operating safely and efficiently. All operators and maintenance personnel should read and understand the materials in this manual before operating the truck or performing maintenance and/or operational checks on the truck. All safety notices, warnings, and cau- tions should be understood and followed when operating or accomplishing repairs on the truck. The front cover of this manual includes a Form Number. This Form No.
should be referenced when ordering addi- tional copies of this manual, or for any other correspondence regarding the coverage in this manual. Direct all inquiries to: Komatsu America Corp. Datakom, Peoria Technical Publications P.O. Box 240 Peoria, IL 61650-0240 (309)-672-7072 - FAX This first section is an Introduction to the manual and contains a Table of Contents to locate specific areas of inter- est. Other sections include Safety, Operation, Maintenance, Specifications, and Optional Equipment. When searching for a specific area of interest, go first to the Table of Contents to locate the Section in which the subject might generally be included.
Then, go to that Section of the Table of Contents to find a Subject description that most closely describes the specific area of interest to find a page number and go to that page. Section Num- bers and Page Numbers are located at the top, outside corner of the page. At the top, inside corner of the page is a document (module) number. If there is ever a question regarding the infor- mation in a particular Section, refer to the document (module) number, the manual Form No., and use the address shown above to correspond. If there is a date (month/year) behind the document (module) number, that indicates the latest revision date of that page.
The illustrations used in this manual are TYPICAL of the component shown and may not be an exact reproduction of what is found on the truck. This manual shows dimensioning of metric and (U.S. standard) units throughout. All references to "Right", "Left", "Front", or "Rear" are made with respect to the operator's normal seated position, unless specifically stated other- wise. When assembly instructions are provided without references to torque values, standard torque values should be assumed. Standard torque requirements are shown in torque charts on the following pages of this section, and in the General Information section of the truck service manual.
Individual torques when provided in the text are in bold face type, such as 723 kg.m (100 ft.lbs.) torque. All torque specifications have ±10% tolerance unless otherwise specified.