Komatsu SK818-5 Skid Steer Loader Index:

• MAIN MENU
• COVER
• 1.1 FOREWORD
• 1.2 INFORMATION ON SAFETY
• 1.3 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.3.1 INTENDED USES
  • 1.3.2 IMPROPER OR UNAUTHORIZED USES
  • 1.3.3 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
  • 1.3.4 RUNNING-IN
• 1.4 PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
  • 1.4.1 MACHINE SERIAL NUMBER
  • 1.4.2 MACHINE IDENTIFICATION PLATE
  • 1.4.3 ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER AND EXHAUST GAS EMISSION PLATE
  • 1.4.4 TRAVEL REDUCTION GEAR SERIAL NUMBER
  • 1.4.5 CAB SERIAL NUMBER
  • 1.4.6 EXCAVATOR IDENTIFICATION PLATE (if installed)
  • 1.4.7 SERIAL NUMBERS AND DISTRIBUTOR’S ADDRESS
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION
  • 2.1 SAFETY, NOISE AND VIBRATION PLATES
    • 2.1.1 POSITION OF THE SAFETY PLATES
    • 2.1.2 POSITION OF THE PICTOGRAMS
    • 2.1.3 PICTOGRAMS AND RELEVANT MEANINGS
    • 2.1.4 VIBRATIONS TO WHICH THE OPERATOR IS SUBJECTED
  • 2.2 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
    • 2.2.1 GENERAL SAFETY RULES
    • 2.2.2 SAFETY DEVICES AND GUARDS
    • 2.2.3 CLOTHING AND PERSONAL PROTECTION ITEMS
    • 2.2.4 UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS
    • 2.2.5 LEAVING THE OPERATOR’S SEAT
    • 2.2.6 GETTING ON AND OFF THE MACHINE
    • 2.2.7 CHECKING THE REAR-VIEW MIRRORS (if installed)
    • 2.2.8 PREVENTING FIRES DUE TO FUEL AND OIL
    • 2.2.9 PREVENTING BURNS
    • 2.2.10 PREVENTING DAMAGE DUE TO ASBESTOS POWDER
    • 2.2.11 PREVENTING DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WORK EQUIPMENT
    • 2.2.12 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRST AID KIT
    • 2.2.13 PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING THE CAB STRUCTURE
    • 2.2.14 PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING THE EQUIPMENT
  • 2.3 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE
    • 2.3.1 SAFETY ON THE WORK SITE
    • 2.3.2 FIRE PREVENTION
    • 2.3.3 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR THE OPERATOR’S CAB
    • 2.3.4 ROOM VENTILATION
    • 2.3.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR THE LIGHTS (if installed)
    • 2.3.6 CLEANING THE WINDOWS AND THE REAR-VIEW MIRRORS – CHECKING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES (if i…
  • 2.4 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN WORKING
    • 2.4.1 STARTING THE ENGINE
    • 2.4.2 RULES TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN TRAVELING ON ROADS (if required)
    • 2.4.3 CHECKS FOR TRAVELING IN REVERSE
    • 2.4.4 MOVING THE MACHINE
    • 2.4.5 WORKING ON SLOPES
    • 2.4.6 PREVENTING ELECTROCUTION
    • 2.4.7 VISIBILITY
    • 2.4.8 WORKING ON ICY OR SNOW-COVERED SURFACES
    • 2.4.9 PREVENTING DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WORK EQUIPMENT
    • 2.4.10 WORKING ON LOOSE GROUND
    • 2.4.11 PARKING THE MACHINE
  • 2.5 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES
    • 2.5.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE
    • 2.5.2 THE ROUTE
  • 2.6 BATTERY
    • 2.6.1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR WORK ON BATTERIES
    • 2.6.2 STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES
  • 2.7 PRECAUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY RECOVERY
  • 2.8 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING MAINTENANCE
    • 2.8.1 WARNING PLATES
    • 2.8.2 TOOLS
    • 2.8.3 PERSONNEL
    • 2.8.4 EQUIPMENT
    • 2.8.5 WORKING UNDER THE MACHINE
    • 2.8.6 KEEPING THE MACHINE CLEAN
    • 2.8.7 USE OF THE ENGINE DURING MAINTENANCE
    • 2.8.8 PERIODICAL CHANGE OF THE PARTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR SAFETY
    • 2.8.9 STOP THE ENGINE BEFORE CARRYING OUT ANY MAINTENANCE OPERATION OR INSPECTION
    • 2.8.10 RULES FOR REFUELING AND ADDING OIL
    • 2.8.11 CHECKING THE COOLANT LEVEL IN THE RADIATOR
    • 2.8.12 USING LAMPS
    • 2.8.13 PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR
    • 2.8.14 PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING THE STARTER
    • 2.8.15 PRECAUTIONS CONCERNING HIGH-PRESSURE HOSES
    • 2.8.16 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN WORKING ON HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEMS
    • 2.8.17 PRECAUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE WORK INVOLVING HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES
    • 2.8.18 COOLING FAN AND FAN BELT
    • 2.8.19 WASTE MATERIALS
    • 2.8.20 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN INFLATING THE TIRES
    • 2.8.21 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN USING THE SYNTHETIC BIODEGRADABLE OIL TYPE «HEES»
• THE MACHINE AND ITS OPERATIONS
  • 3.1 SAFETY LOCKS
    • 3.1.1 LOADER LOCKS
    • 3.1.2 EXCAVATOR LOCKS (if installed)
    • 3.1.3 ASPHALT CUTTER LOCKS (if installed)
  • 3.2 GENERAL VIEWS
    • 3.2.1 FRONT GENERAL VIEW
    • 3.2.2 REAR GENERAL VIEW
    • 3.2.3 CAB INSIDE GENERAL VIEW
  • 3.3 INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
    • 3.3.1 INSTRUMENTS
    • 3.3.2 WARNING LIGHTS
    • 3.3.3 SWITCHES AND PUSH BUTTONS
    • 3.3.4 ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES
    • 3.3.5 MACHINE CONTROLS
  • 3.4 FUSES AND RELAYS
    • 3.4.1 MACHINE FUNCTION FUSES
    • 3.4.2 MAIN FUSE
    • 3.4.3 RELAYS
  • 3.5 GUARDS AND DRIVER’S SEAT
    • 3.5.1 ENGINE HOOD
    • 3.5.2 REAR PANEL
    • 3.5.3 CAB
    • 3.5.4 STANDARD SEAT
    • 3.5.5 SUSPENSION SEAT
    • 3.5.6 SAFETY BELT
    • 3.5.7 EMERGENCY EXIT
    • 3.5.8 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION CASE
    • 3.5.9 FIRE EXTINGUISHER
    • 3.5.10 FIRST AID KIT
  • 3.6 USE OF THE MACHINE
    • 3.6.1 CHECKS BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE
    • 3.6.2 STARTING THE ENGINE
    • 3.6.3 WARMING THE ENGINE
    • 3.6.4 HEATING THE HYDRAULIC OIL
    • 3.6.5 HOW TO MOVE THE MACHINE (ISO PATTERN CONTROL SYSTEM)
    • 3.6.6 HOW TO MOVE THE MACHINE (OPTIONAL PATTERN CONTROL SYSTEM)
    • 3.6.7 MOVING ON SLOPES
    • 3.6.8 MAXIMUM IMMERSION DEPTH
  • 3.7 PARKING THE MACHINE
    • 3.7.1 PARKING ON LEVEL GROUND
    • 3.7.2 PARKING ON SLOPES
  • 3.8 STOPPING THE ENGINE
  • 3.9 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES
    • 3.9.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE
    • 3.9.2 TRANSPORT
  • 3.10 HOW TO LIFT THE MACHINE
  • 3.11 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE COLD SEASON
    • 3.11.1 FUEL AND LUBRICANTS
    • 3.11.2 COOLANT
    • 3.11.3 BATTERY
    • 3.11.4 OTHER PRECAUTIONS
    • 3.11.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF WORK
  • 3.12 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE WARM SEASON
  • 3.13 USING THE WORK EQUIPMENT
    • 3.13.1 LOWERING THE EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF MACHINE FAILURE
    • 3.13.2 ORGANIZING THE WORK AREA
    • 3.13.3 LOADING MATERIAL FROM PILES AND ON LEVEL SURFACES
    • 3.13.4 LOADING MATERIAL ON SLOPES
    • 3.13.5 DIGGING METHOD
    • 3.13.6 CHANGING THE BUCKET WITH OPTIONAL RAPID COUPLING
    • 3.13.7 CHANGING THE BUCKET WITH STANDARD RAPID COUPLING
  • 3.14 LONG PERIODS OF INACTIVITY
    • 3.14.1 BEFORE THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY
    • 3.14.2 DURING THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY
    • 3.14.3 AFTER THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY
  • 3.15 TROUBLESHOOTING
    • 3.15.1 HOW TO REMOVE THE MACHINE
    • 3.15.2 IF THE FUEL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEPLETED
    • 3.15.3 IF THE BATTERY IS DEPLETED
    • 3.15.4 OTHER TROUBLES
• MAINTENANCE
  • 4.1 GUIDE TO MAINTENANCE
  • 4.2 MAINTENANCE NOTES
    • 4.2.1 NOTES REGARDING THE ENGINE
    • 4.2.2 NOTES REGARDING THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM
    • 4.2.3 NOTES REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
    • 4.2.4 NOTES REGARDING LUBRICATION
    • 4.2.5 PARTS SUBJECT TO WEAR THAT PERIODICALLY NEED CHANGING
  • 4.3 FUEL, COOLANT AND LUBRICANTS
    • 4.3.1 HOMOLOGATED SYNTHETIC BIODEGRADABLE LUBRICANTS TYPE HEES
  • 4.4 DRIVING TORQUES FOR SCREWS AND NUTS
    • 4.4.1 STANDARD DRIVING TORQUES
    • 4.4.2 SPECIFIC DRIVING TORQUES
  • 4.5 LUBRICATION
    • 4.5.1 LUBRICATION DIAGRAM
  • 4.6 PERIODICAL CHANGE OF THE COMPONENTS CONNECTED WITH SAFETY
    • 4.6.1 CRITICAL PARTS FOR SAFETY
  • 4.7 MAINTENANCE PLAN
    • 4.7.1 WHEN REQUIRED
    • 4.7.2 CHECKS BEFORE STARTING
    • 4.7.3 MAINTENANCE AFTER THE FIRST 50 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.4 MAINTENANCE EVERY 50 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.5 MAINTENANCE AFTER THE FIRST 250 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.6 MAINTENANCE EVERY 250 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.7 MAINTENANCE AFTER THE FIRST 500 HOURS OF OPERATION (Only for machines filled with synthetic…
    • 4.7.8 MAINTENANCE EVERY 500 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.9 MAINTENANCE EVERY 1000 HOURS OF OPERATION
    • 4.7.10 MAINTENANCE EVERY 2000 HOURS OF OPERATION
• TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
  • 5.1 TECHNICAL DATA
    • 5.1.1 STANDARD MACHINE OVERALL DIMENSIONS
    • 5.1.2 MACHINE OVERALL DIMENSIONS WITH OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
    • 5.1.3 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• AUTHORIZED OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
  • 6.1 AUTHORIZED OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
    • 6.1.1 PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SAFETY
    • 6.1.2 PRECAUTIONS REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT
    • 6.1.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STANDARD MACHINE OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
    • 6.1.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT OF THE MACHINE VERSION WITH HIGH-FLOW AND SUPER-F…
  • 6.2 CHANGING THE AUTHORIZED EQUIPMENT
    • 6.2.1 CONNECTING THE EXCAVATOR
    • 6.2.2 CONNECTING THE HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT
    • 6.2.3 CONNECTING THE RETURN CIRCUIT WITH DIRECT DRAINAGE INTO THE TANK
    • 6.2.4 PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR THE USE OF THE EXCAVATOR
    • 6.2.5 USING THE MACHINE WITH THE EXCAVATOR
  • 6.3 PALLET FORKS