Toro 30308 - Adjusting Rear Wheel Toe-In; (Model 30309 Only); Cooling System Maintenance; Cleaning the Radiator and the Screen

Figure 54
1. Traction adjustment cam 4. Adjusting screw
2. Retaining screw
5. Neutral return switch
3. Neutral return arm
4. Star t the engine and rotate the cam hex
forw ard until the front wheel star ts to rotate ,
then rotate the hex cam bac kw ard until the
front wheel star ts to rotate . Deter mine the mid
position of the neutral span and tighten the
retaining screw . P erfor m this operation at lo w
speed idle and at high engine speed.
T he engine must be r unning so a final
adjustment of the traction adjustment
cam can be perf or med. Contact with hot
or mo ving par ts can r esult in per sonal
injur y .
K eep hands, feet, f ace, and other body
par ts a w ay fr om the muf fler , other hot
par ts of the engine, and other r otating
par ts.
5. Tighten the screw securing the adjustment.
6. Stop the engine .
7. Adjust the screw on the neutral retur n ar m
( Figure 54 ) until the g ap betw een the end of the
screw and the switc h contact is .090–.120 inc h.
8. R emo v e the suppor t bloc ks and lo w er the
mac hine to the shop floor .
9. T est dri v e the mac hine to mak e sure it does
not mo v e when the traction pedal is in neutral.
Adjusting Rear Wheel Toe-in
(Model 30309 only)
T he rear wheels should not toe-in or toe-out
when they are adjusted cor rectly . T o c hec k the
rear wheel toe-in, measure the center -to-center
distance at wheel hub height, in front and in bac k
of the rear tires . If the wheels toe-in or toe-out, an
adjustment is required.
1. R otate the steering wheel so rear wheels are
straight ahead.
2. R emo v e n uts securing one tie rod ball joint
to the mounting brac k et on the axle and
disconnect the ball joint from the axle
( Figure 55 ).
Figure 55
1. Drain plugs (3)
2. Tie rod
3. Loosen the screw on the tie rod clamp .
4. R otate the ball joint in or out to adjust the
length of the tie rod.
5. Install the ball joint to the mounting brac k et
and c hec k the wheel toe-in.
6. After attaining desired adjustment, tighten the
screw on the tie rod clamp and secure the ball
joint to the mounting brac k et.
Cooling System
Maintenance
Cleaning the Radiator and
the Screen
T o prev ent the engine from o v erheating, the screen
and radiator m ust be k e pt clean. Nor mally , c hec k
the screen and radiator daily and, if necessar y ,
clean any debris off these par ts . Ho w ev er , it will
be necessar y to c hec k and clean the screen and
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