Toro 30484 - Cooling System Maintenance; Cleaning the Air Intake Screen; Brake Maintenance; Servicing the Brake

CoolingSystem
Maintenance
CleaningtheAirIntakeScreen
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Beforeeachuseremoveanybuild-upofgrass,dirt
orotherdebrisfromthecylinderandcylinderhead
coolingns,airintakescreenonywheelend,and
carburetor-governorleversandlinkage.Thiswillhelp
insureadequatecoolingandcorrectenginespeedand
willreducethepossibilityofoverheatingandmechanical
damagetotheengine.
BrakeMaintenance
ServicingtheBrake
Beforeeachuse,checkbrakesonbothalevelsurface
andslope.
Alwayssettheparkingbrakewhenyoustopthemachine
orleaveitunattended.Iftheparkingbrakedoesnot
holdsecurely,anadjustmentisrequired.
CheckingtheParkingBrake
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,disengagethe
PTO.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Applytheparkingbrake.Settingtheparkingbrake
shouldtakeareasonableamountofforce.Ifthe
parkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,anadjustment
isrequired.RefertoAdjustingtheParkingBrake.
Note:Whenthebrakeisengaged,thebrakehandle
shouldbeinthe1o’clockposition(
Figure47).
AdjustingtheBrakes
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,an
adjustmentisrequired.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,disengagethe
PTO,andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
3.Checkthebrakebeforeyouadjustit;referto
CheckingtheBrakes.
4.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrakeinOperation(page13).
5.Loosenthetopandbottomjamnuts(
Figure47).
6.Toadjustthebrake,removethehairpincotterand
clevispinfromthelowerbrakelever(
Figure47).
7.Rotatethebrakerodintheyokes.Totightenthe
brake,lengthentherodbetweentheyokes.To
loosenthebrake,shortentherodbetweentheyokes
(Figure47).
Note:Thebrakerodshouldbethreadedintoboth
yokesthesamedistance.
8.Securetheyoketolowerbrakeleverwiththehairpin
cotterandclevispin(Figure47).
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