WARNING: For reasons of safety, always follow these safety precautions. 8. PRECAUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE 1-32 TIRE MAINTENANCE Disassembly, repair, and assembly of tires requires specialist equipment and skill, so please ask your specialist tire repair shop to carry out repairs. CHECKS AFTER INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE Failure to carry out inspection and maintenance fully, or failure to check the function of various maintenance locations may cause unexpected problems and may even lead to personal injury or damage, so always do as follows. ‡ Checks when engine is stopped • Have all the inspection and maintenance locations been checked?
• Have all the inspection and maintenance items been carried out correctly? • Have any tools or parts dropped inside the machine? It is particularly dangerous if they get caught in the lever linkage. • Has water and oil leakage been repaired? Have bolts been tightened? ‡ Checks when engine is running For details of checks when the engine is running, see “8.2 DURING MAINTENANCE, MAINTE- NANCE WITH ENGINE RUNNING”, and be extremely careful to ensure safety. • Do the inspection and maintenance locations work normally? • Is there any oil leakage when the engine speed is raised and load is applied to the hydraulic system?
WASTE MATERIALS To prevent pollution, particularly in places where people or animals are living, always follow the procedures given below. ‡ Never dump waste oil in a sewer system, rivers, etc. ‡ Always put oil drained from your machine in containers. Never drain oil directly on the ground. ‡ Obey appropriate laws and regulations when disposing of harmful objects such as oil, fuel, coolant, solvent, filters, batteries, and others. A0055220 MAINTENANCE OF AIR CONDITIONER If the air conditioner refrigerant gets into your eyes or touches your skin, it may cause blindness or frostbite. ‡ When handling the refrigerant, follow the precautions given on the container.
‡ To prevent the refrigerant from leaking into the atmosphere, use a recovery recycling system. ‡ Never touch the refrigerant.