Specifications
Hurricane Track TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
30
COMPLAINT
CAUSE
CORRECTION
Engine will not start. (See
Engine Manufacturer
Manual for further
information.)
• Loose ground wire.
• Loose hot wire.
• Dead battery.
• Clean and tighten.
• Clean and tighten.
• Recharge or replace.
Belt Squeal.
• Belt tension too loose.
• Belt out of line.
• Tighten following the
adjustment procedures in
the Servicing Belts section.
• Align Pulleys.
Cutter wheel vibration.
• Tooth missing.
• Pocket out of balance.
• Improper tooth
arrangement.
• Replace missing teeth.
• Always replace pockets in
pairs across from each
other.
• Install correctly with like
pairs of teeth directly
across from each other.
Cutter wheel throwing
teeth.
• Bad pocket.
• Dirt in pocket.
• Worn cutter wheel.
• Replace pocket.
• Clean pocket and replace
missing teeth.
• Replace cutter wheel.
Cutter wheel breaking
teeth.
• Teeth set too far out of
pocket.
• Use gauge to set teeth
correctly.
Cutter wheel stops turning.
• Engine belt broke or
tension too loose.
• Poly chain® belt broke or
tension too loose.
• Sheared key in shaft.
• Broken cutter wheel shaft.
• Replace belt or adjust
tension. See Servicing Belt
section of this manual.
• Replace belt or adjust
tension. See Servicing Belt
section of this manual.
• Replace key.
• Replace shaft.
Cutter head swings faster
one way than the other or
swings slow in both
directions.
• Operator doesn’t have
good control of or
understanding of switch
operation.
• The 50%/100% switch is
on 100%.
• Receiving intermittent
signal.
• The radio controls are
proportional, meaning the
more pressure you apply
the more power the
function gets for operation.
• The swing function should
only be operated at 50%.
• Change radio frequency.
Cutter wheel won’t engage
• PT Tech Clutch will not
engage with engine at high
RPM, check clutch panel
for engine RPM too high
indicator.
• Lower engine RPM and try
again. (Read PT Tech
HPTO clutch manual
provided at back of this
manual.)