Brake Maintenance
Checking and Adjusting the
Parking Brake
Service Interval : Every 400 hours
Checking the Parking Brake
1. Place jack stands under the front of the machine;
refer to Raising the Front of the Machine ( page
49 ) .
2. Remove the front wheels.
3. Move the parking brake to the D ISENGAGED
position; refer to Parking Brake ( page 30 ) .
4. Remove the brake drums ( Figure 75 ) by hand.
• If you feel resistance while removing the
brake drums by hand, an adjustment is not
needed.
• If you do not feel resistance while removing
the brake drums by hand, an adjustment is
needed; refer to Adjusting the Parking Brake
( page 65 ) .
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Figure 75
Right side of the machine shown.
1. Brake drum
5. Install the front wheels and torque the lug nuts;
refer to T orquing the Wheel-Lug Nuts ( page 62 ) .
Adjusting the Parking Brake
1. Chock the wheels.
2. Ensure that the parking brake is disengaged.
3. Locate the brake-cable mount ( Figure 76 ) under
the left side of the machine near the left wheel.
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Figure 76
1. Jam nuts
4. Loosen the top jam nuts so that a gap (3.2 mm
[1/8 inch] to 4.8 mm [3/16 inch]) appears.
5. Pull down on a cable until the top jam nut
contacts the bracket.
6. T ighten the bottom jam nut.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the other cable.
8. Check the parking brake; refer to Checking the
Parking Brake ( page 65 ) .
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