A35E/A35E FS / A40E/A40E FS

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Operating instructions

Recovering/towing

Recovering/towing

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WARNING!

The greatest care must be taken in connection with towing to avoid serious injury.

Before taking any steps in preparation for recovering or towing, the parking brake must be applied and the wheels

blocked to prevent the machine from rolling.

If the engine cannot be started, the brake and steering functions will be limited. In this case, towing should be restricted to emergencies only and over the shortest possible distance by knowledgeable personnel (see under Towing). If possible, transport the machine on a trailer.

During recovering / towing the engine should be running, if possible, to provide braking and steering.

Recovering

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Use a towbar, wire rope or chain connected to the towing eyes at the front or rear on the machine to tow the machine to a suitable location or passable road.

Towing

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If the machine after recovering must be towed to a workshop, use a towbar or wire rope connected to the front towing eyes.

If there are no brakes on the machine to be towed, a towbar must always be used.

The vehicle or machine which does the towing, must be at least as heavy as the towed machine, and have sufficient engine and braking capacity to be able to pull and stop both machines on any uphill or downhill slope.

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Towing should always be done over the shortest possible distance.

Highest travelling speed during all circumstances is 10 km/h

(6 mph).

NOTE! It is not possible to start the engine by towing.

A Output propeller shaft

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B Filler valve

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Case 1 (with engine running)

The gear selector should be in neutral and the parking brake in running position. The machine can be towed 10 km (6 miles) without taking special precautions.

Case 2 (with engine not running)

As the transmission does not receive any lubrication when the engine is not running, the propeller shaft between transmission and dropbox must be removed. In that way lubrication to the dropbox is maintained at the same time as the machine can be steered.

Removing propeller shaft

1 Place the machine in service position, see page 89.

2 Block the wheels so that the machine cannot start rolling and then release all brakes.

3 Release the parking brake.

4 Make sure that the front or rear wheels are slightly above the ground, before removing the bolts from the propeller shaft.

Filling compressed-air system

When required, the compressed-air system can be filled through filler valve (B), by using compressed air from another machine.

The filler valve is positioned to the left behind the cab.

After recovering / towing

The following safety measures should be taken before the towbar, wire rope or chain is disconnected after recovering / towing:

1 Place the machine on level ground.

2 Apply the parking brake.

3 Block the wheels to prevent the machine from rolling.

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Recovering/towing

Manual release of parking brake

A Jacking bolt

B Cover

C Cylinder housing

WARNING!

After the parking brake has been released manually it will not work. The machine must only be towed, if it is connected to the towing vehicle by a towbar.

If the parking brake cannot be released with the switch because of insufficient compressed air, the brake can be released manually.

Proceed as follows:

1 Block the wheels or prevent the machine from rolling in another way.

2 Remove the jacking bolt (A) from the storage location.

3 Remove cover (B) from the cylinder housing.

4 Insert the jacking bolt in the cylinder housing (C) and turn the jacking bolt ¼ of a turn clockwise to lock it.

5 Release the parking brake by screwing in the jacking bolt clockwise until the brake pads no longer are applied.

NOTE! If the machine is left without restored parking brake, this shall be indicated by attaching a tag to the steering wheel stating that the parking brake is disabled.

Restoring parking brake after manual release

1 Block the wheels or prevent the machine from rolling in another way.

2 Start the engine and leave it running until the compressed-air system has reached the correct working pressure, see page 185.

3 Release the parking brake with the switch on the control panel.

4 Screw the jacking bolt counter-clockwise until it is loose.

5 Install the cover on the cylinder housing and reinstall the jacking bolt in its retainer.

6 Then check the function of the parking brake.