Brake Maintenance
Adjusting the Parking
Brake
Service Interval : After the rst 100 hours
Every 500 hours thereafter
Make sure that the brake is adjusted properly . Follow
this procedure when you remove or replace a brake
component.
1. Park the machine on a level surface, move the
speed-control lever to the N EUTRAL position,
disengage the PT O, and engage the parking
brake.
2. Shut of f the engine, remove the key , and wait
for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3. Release the parking brake.
4. T ilt the seat forward.
5. Check and ensure that there is no slack between
the parking-brake handle and the linkage.
6. If an adjustment is necessary , remove the clevis
pin and rotate the linkage counterclockwise to
lengthen it or clockwise to shorten it.
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Figure 53
1. Parking brake
4. Speed-control lever
2. Rotate yoke
5. Steering levers
3. Clevis pin
7. Measure the compressed spring length on both
vertical spring assemblies.
Note: The spring should measure between 6 to
7 cm (2.35 to 2.85 inches). If necessary , adjust
the nut at the top of the vertical spring assembly
to achieve this distance.
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Figure 54
1. Parking brake 4. V ertical spring assembly
2. Steering lever
5. Nut
3. Speed-control lever 6. 6 to 7 cm (2.35 to 2.85
inches)
8. Adjust the linkage length with the 2 nuts at the
bottom of the vertical spring assembly ( Figure
55 ).
Note: The linkage should measure 22.7 to 23.3
cm (8.92 to 9.16 inches).
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