Richard Western Delilah service schedule

1. Stop the engine, remove the key and fit the cylinder locks if you are working under a raised bed or hood.
2. Grease every point shown on the lubrication pages for your model, including the PTO shafts.
3. Grease the idler shaft and parking brake mechanism (Delilah).
4. On the DS, grease the rotor shaft bearings by the remote points and the lower twin-bearing shaft.

Tools: Grease gun

1. Park level.
2. Check the level at each gearbox sight glass or level plug.
3. Top up if low and look for leaks.

Tools: Funnel, Rag

1. Lift each floor chain in the middle of the body and measure the play.
2. Adjust the tensioners so both chains have equal tension and about 100 mm free play.

Tools: Spanners, Tape measure

1. Check the lights, 7-pin plug and reflectors.
2. Check wheel nut torque, tyre pressures and tyre condition.
3. Look at every hydraulic hose and air line and the towing eye for wear or damage.
4. Grease the running gear nipples and the brake actuators.
5. Check nuts and bolts for tightness.

Tools: Torque wrench, Tyre gauge, Grease gun

1. Run the machine briefly so the oil is warm, then stop and isolate it.
2. Drain the disc gearbox and tee gearbox into a tray and refit the plugs.
3. Refill with SAE 90 to the centre of the sight glass and wait for it to settle.
4. Recheck and top up until the level stops changing.

Tools: Drain tray (10 L), Spanners, Funnel

1. Fill the reservoirs on each side with SAE 30 oil.
2. Check the dripper is feeding the chain brushes.
3. Check chain play in the side casings and adjust if more than about 30 mm.

Tools: Funnel, Spanners

1. Check the brake clearance and lining wear at each wheel.
2. Adjust the brakes.
3. On ABS machines, test the whole system for air leakage and look for damage.

Tools: Spanners, Axle stands

1. Check the hubcaps and wheel bearing play.
2. Tighten the suspension and drawbar U-bolts to the torque on your axle plate or manual.
3. Every second year strip, clean and repack the wheel bearings.

Tools: Torque wrench, Axle stands

1. Replace sheared bolts with grade 8.8 only.
2. Keep spare bolts by the drive input.

Tools: Spanners

1. Wash the machine down.
2. Protect the electrical connections and cover the quick-release hydraulic connectors.
3. Touch up bare paint, replace worn parts and decals.
4. Grease all bright parts.

Tools: Pressure washer, Touch-up paint, Grease

1. Fit the cylinder stop and isolate the machine before working under the hood.
2. Remove all the old blades. Fit the new ones from the bottom of the flighting upwards, with new nuts and bolts.
3. Mount blades on top of the flighting. The leading edge of the flight is plain and the trailing edge chamfered.
4. Fit like blades opposite each other to keep the rotor in balance.

Tools: Spanners, Cylinder stop for the hood