Toro 07266 - Brake Maintenance; Inspecting Brakes; Checking Brake Fluid Level; Adjusting Parking Brake

BrakeMaintenance
InspectingtheBrakes
ServiceInterval:Every100hours
Brakesareacriticalsafetycomponentofthevehicle.
Aswithallsafetycomponents,theyshouldbeclosely
inspectedatregularintervalstoensureoptimum
performanceandsafety.Thefollowinginspections
shouldbedoneevery100hours:
•Inspectthebrakeshoesforwearordamage.Ifthe
lining(brakepad)thicknessislessthan1/16inch
(1.6mm),thebrakeshoesshouldbereplaced.
•Inspectthebackingplateandothercomponents
forsignsofexcessivewearordeformation.Ifany
deformationisfound,theappropriatecomponents
mustbereplaced.
•Checkthebrakeuidlevel;refertoCheckingthe
BrakeFluidLevel.
CheckingtheBrakeFluid
Level
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Thebrakeuidreservoirislledandshippedfromthe
factorywithDOT3brakeuid.Checkthelevelbefore
theengineisrststartedandevery8hoursordaily,
thereafter.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,settheparking
brake,turntheignitionoff,andremovethekey.
2.Removetherubberpluginthecenterandontopof
thedashtogainaccesstothemasterbrakecylinder
andreservoir.
3.Lookatthesideofthereservoir.Thelevelshould
beabovetheMinimumline(
Figure43).Iftheuid
levelislow,cleantheareaaroundthecap,remove
thecap,andllthereservoirtoabovetheMinimum
line.Donotoverll.
Figure43
1.Brakeuidreservoir
2.Minimumline
AdjustingtheParkingBrake
Checktheparkingbrakeadjustmentevery200hours.
1.Prytherubbercoveroffoftheparkingbrake.
2.Loosenthesetscrewsecuringtheknobtothe
parkingbrakelever(
Figure44).
Figure44
1.Parkingbrakelever
3.Setscrew
2.Knob
3.Rotatetheknobuntilaforceof30-35lb(133-156N)
isrequiredtoactuatethelever.
4.Tightenthesetscrewandinstalltherubbercover.
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