Toro 30488 - Brake Maintenance; Servicing the Brake

BrakeMaintenance
ServicingtheBrake
Beforeeachuse,checkthebrakesonbothalevelsurfaceand
slope.
Alwayssettheparkingbrakewhenyoustopthemachine
orleaveitunattended.Iftheparkingbrakedoesnothold
securely,anadjustmentisrequired.
CheckingtheParkingBrake
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceanddisengagethe
PTO.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforallmoving
partstostopbeforeleavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Applytheparkingbrake.Settingtheparkingbrake
shouldtakeareasonableamountofforce.Ifthe
parkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,anadjustmentis
required;refertoAdjustingtheParkingBrake(page
37).
Note:Whenthebrakeisengaged,thebrakehandle
shouldbeinthe1o'clockposition(Figure48).
AdjustingtheParkingBrake
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,anadjustment
isrequired.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,disengagethe
PTO,andsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforallmoving
partstostopbeforeleavingtheoperatingposition.
3.Checkthebrakebeforeyouadjustit;refertoChecking
theParkingBrake(page37).
4.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrake(page16).
5.Loosenthetopandbottomjamnuts(Figure48).
6.Toadjustthebrake,removethehairpincotterand
clevispinfromthelowerbrakelever(Figure48).
7.Rotatethebrakerodintheyokes(Figure48).
Note:Totightenthebrake,lengthentherodbetween
theyokes.Toloosenthebrake,shortentherod
betweentheyokes.
Note:Thebrakerodshouldbethreadedintoboth
yokesatthesamedistance.
8.Securetheyoketothelowerbrakeleverwiththe
hairpincotterandtheclevispin(Figure48).
9.Tightenthetopandbottomjamnuts(Figure48).
10.Checkthebrakeoperationagain;refertoCheckingthe
ParkingBrake(page37).
Figure48
1.Parking-brakelever
(releasedposition)
5.Clevispin
2.1o'clockposition6.Yoke
3.Hairpincotter7.Jamnut
4.Lowerbrakelever8.Brakerod
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