Amazone ZA-V service schedule

1. Check the hoses before every start for rubbing, cuts and leaks. Replace worn hoses straight away.
2. Every 50 hours check all the hydraulic parts for tightness and nip up any loose screw unions.
3. Look at the filter indicator. If it shows red, take the pressure off the system, twist off the filter cover, replace the filter and press the indicator back in. Green should show again.
4. Replace any hose that is damaged, hard and cracked, leaking or more than six years old, counted from the date on the hose end.
5. Have the hoses checked by a specialist at least once a year.

Tools: Spanners, Rags, Gloves and eye protection

1. Take the friction clutch off the gearbox input shaft.
2. Measure the fitted length of the springs exactly and write it down.
3. Slacken the nuts to take the load off the springs.
4. Turn the clutch by hand so the rust or damp between the plates breaks free.
5. Tighten the nuts back to the spring length you wrote down.
6. Push the clutch back on the input shaft, fasten it and refit the guard.

Tools: Spanners, Tape measure or calipers, Pen and paper

1. Clean the grease nipples and grease the tractor's universal joint shaft following the shaft maker's label.
2. Grease the guard tubes of the shaft in winter so they do not freeze together.
3. Lubricate the weighing pin once a year.
4. After washing the machine, especially with a pressure washer, grease it again.

Tools: Grease gun, Rags

1. With the hopper empty, look at the fill weight on the control computer. If it is not 0 kg plus or minus 5 kg, tare it as the computer manual describes.
2. After filling, if the weight shown is wrong, calibrate the weighing as the computer manual describes.
3. Check the lateral distribution with the mobile test rig or your own collecting trays before the season.

Tools: Control computer manual, Fertiliser of known weight, Mobile test rig (optional)

1. Look at the pins for cracks, breaks and permanent bending.
2. Measure the wear. Replace the pin if it is worn by 2 mm or more.
3. Check the ball sleeves for wear and, if the pin has fastening bolts, check they are tight.

Tools: Calipers, Torch

1. Wash with a plain water jet. If you use a pressure washer, keep it under 120 bar and at least 300 mm from the machine. Never aim at grease points, bearings, rating plates, labels, electrical parts or chrome.
2. Remove fertiliser deposits from the spreading discs and vanes and clean the discs very carefully.
3. Fit the centre bolt of each spreading disc even if the discs are taken off, to keep water out.
4. When dry, apply a coat of biodegradable anti-rust compound and grease the machine, especially after pressure washing.
5. Ventilate the friction clutch before the next season.

Tools: Water hose or pressure washer, Grease gun, Rags

1. Run the spreading discs for a short time so the oil is warm and any particles are held in it.
2. Take off the transport device if it is fitted. Keep the extension spring under tension by putting a retaining screw through the frame, then swing the device up and remove it.
3. Take off the cover under the gearbox and remove the filler plug / sensor.
4. Turn the spreading discs by hand so no tooth of the bevel gear is in front of the sensor.
5. Push the thin hose about 12 cm into the gearbox and suck the old oil out with the syringe.
6. Fill with 0.23 L of new oil using the syringe.
7. Refit the filler plug / sensor with a new O-ring. Smear plenty of grease over the round part of the sensor to keep moisture out.
8. Refit the cover and transport device, then take the retaining screw out of the extension spring. Dispose of the old oil properly.

Tools: Small syringe with a thin hose (about 40 cm long), Spanners and sockets for the gearbox cover, Grease, Shop towels

1. Empty the hopper and stop the tractor engine and PTO.
2. Look at every vane on both discs. Replace any with holes worn through them. The vanes and swivel vanes are wear parts.
3. Use the assembly paste that comes with the new vanes. Tighten the vane fixing to 8.4 N·m.
4. Do a spread rate check and a lateral distribution check before spreading.

Tools: Torque wrench (8.4 N·m), Spanners, Wire brush, Gloves

1. Pull the pin out of the hydraulic cylinder.
2. Put the pin through the calibration hole in the floor plate and shutter.
3. Slacken the nut on the shutter, set the shutter to position 31 and tighten the nut.
4. Fasten the cylinder again with the pin, then repeat on the second shutter.

Tools: Spanner for the shutter nut