Toro 30934 - Brake Maintenance; Servicing the Brake; Checking the Parking Brake; Adjusting the Parking Brake

BrakeMaintenance
ServicingtheBrake
Beforeeachuse,checktheparkingbrakeforproperoperation.
Alwayssettheparkingbrakewhenyoustopthemachine
orleaveitunattended.Iftheparkingbrakedoesnothold
securely,adjustit.
CheckingtheParkingBrake
1.Movethemachineontoalevelsurface.
2.Disengagethepowertake-off(PTO)andstopthe
engine.
3.Settheparkingbrake.
Note:Settingtheparkingbrakeshouldtakea
reasonableamountofforce.Ifitengagestoohardor
tooeasily,anadjustmentisrequired.RefertoAdjusting
theParkingBrake.
AdjustingtheParkingBrake
Theparkingbrakeleverisontherightsideofthemachine
(Figure45).Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,
adjustit.
1.Checktheparkingbrakebeforeyouadjustit;referto
CheckingtheParkingBrake.
2.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrake.
3.Removethespringclevispinfromthelowerbrakelink
(
Figure48).
Figure48
1.Brakelinkageyoke4.Lowerbrakelink
2.Lowerbrakelever
5.6mm(1/4inch)
3.Springclevispin
6.Hairpincotter
4.Rotatethelowerbrakelinkyokeclockwiseintothe
yoketotightentheparkingbrake;rotatethebrakelink
yokecounterclockwiseoutoftheyokeouttoloosen
theparkingbrake(
Figure48).
Note:Thereshouldbeapproximately6mm(1/4inch)
clearancebetweenthetireandtheatbarwiththe
parkingbrakeinthereleasedposition(Figure48).
5.Securethelowerlinktothelowerbrakeleverwiththe
hairpincotterandtheclevispin(Figure48).
6.Checkthebrakeoperationagain;refertoCheckingthe
ParkingBrake.
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