Toro Greensmaster 3120 - Brake Maintenance; Burnishing the Brakes; Adjusting the Brakes

BrakeMaintenance
BurnishingtheBrakes
ServiceInterval:Yearly
Firmlyapplythebrakesanddrivethemachineat
mowingspeeduntilthebrakesarehot,asindicated
bytheirsmell.Youmayneedtoadjustthebrakes
afterthebreak-inperiod;refertoAdjustingtheBrakes
(page36).
AdjustingtheBrakes
Abrakeadjustmentrodislocatedateachsideofthe
machinesothatyoucanadjustthebrakesequally.
1.Whilemovingforwardintransportspeed,press
thebrakepedal;bothwheelsshouldapply
equally.
CAUTION
Testingthebrakesinaconnedarea
whereothersarepresentcouldcause
injury.
Alwayscheckthebrakesinawide,
open-spaced,atareafreefrompeople
andobstructionsbeforeandafterthe
adjustment.
2.Ifthebrakesdonotapplyequally,adjustthe
brakesasfollows:
A.Disconnectthebrakerodsbyremovingthe
cotterpinandclevispin(Figure46).
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Figure46
1.Clevispinandcotterpin3.Clevis
2.Jamnut
4.Brakeshaft
B.Loosenthejamnutandadjusttheclevis
accordingly(Figure46).
C.Assembletheclevistothebrakeshaft
(Figure46).
D.Whenyoupressthebrakepedal,thepedal
shouldmove13to26mm(1/2to1inch)
travelbeforethebrakeshoescontactsthe
brakedrums.Adjusttheclevisonthebrake
shaft,ifnecessary,toachievethissetting.
E.Whilemovingforwardintransportspeed,
pressthebrakepedal;bothbrakesshould
applyequally.Adjustthem,ifnecessary.
Important:Burnishthebrakesannually;referto
theBurnishingtheBrakes(page36)section.
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