. MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE REPLACE RUBBER SHOES (Machine equipped with rubber shoes) WARNING ground, then stop the machine. Prepare a grease gun Prepare a steel pipe Rubber Shoes Removal WARNING 4 - 33 Carry out this ope ration with two workers. Th e operato r mu st move the dance with the signals from the other worker. The rubber shoe s are replaced with the machine raise d, s ous if the machine is lower ed by mistake during the ation. During the replaceme nt operation, neve r move rack except the rubber shoe track to be re placed. go under or put any part of y our body unde r the rubber e during the replacement o peration.
To check that the track tension is correct, ru n the engine at low idling, e forward a distance equal to the length ack on NOTICE It is possible to chan ge from the rubber shoe to the road l iner a nd stee l shoe. Howeve r, it is necessary to remove the idle r guard and to carry out adju stment, so always contact your Komatsu distributor to have the replacemen t carried out. It is extremely da ngerous to release the grea se by any method except the procedu re given below. If the rubber shoe tension is not relieved by t his procedure, please contac t your Ko matsu distributor f Check that all the grease has been released b efore rotating the sprocket t o remove the rubber shoe. 1.
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