Komatsu — CONTROL LEVERS AND PEDALS

. OPERATION EXPLANATION OF COMPONENTS DUMP LEVER LOCK KNOB DANGER the inspection. DUMP LEVER 3 - 14 When carrying out inspe ction with the dump body r aised, alwa ys set the dump control l ever to the HOL D position , set the dump control lever lock knob t o the LOCK position, then i nsert the b ody pivot pin. If the body pivot pin is not inserted, t he dump body may go down when the d ump control lever is operat ed, and cat ch or caus e serious injury or even death t o the pers on carryi ng out This dump control le ver lock knob (8) is a de vice to p revent th dump control lever to position.

move from the HOLD position to anothe Locking dump control lever lever to the FLOAT position, then turn th Set the dump control head of the dump con trol lever lock knob. The dump co ntrol leve lock knob will move in towards the dump contr ol lever, a nd when i cannot be turned any more, the dump control lever is lo cked. Releasing dump cont rol lever lock he dump control lever lock knob and turn it Pull out the head of t When the dump cont rol lever lock knob does not go back to th is released. lock position, the lock NOTICE When the machine is tra veling, the dump body may sway.

If thi s happens , and t he dump body cannot m ove under external force, the hoist cylinder or dum p body will be damaged. T o prevent d amage, al ways set the d ump control lev er to the F LOAT po sition when traveling. Use this dump contr ol lever (9) to operate th e dump body. Th position of the dump control lever and the movement of the dum body are as follows. dy goes up y stops and is held in position is applied by hoist cylinder to raise or lowe (A) RAISE: Dump bo (B) HOLD: Dump bod y stops and is held in po (C) FLOAT: No force is applied by hoist cylin der to rais dump bo force. dy. Dump body moves f reely und er externa ody goes down (D) LOWER: Dump b