Toro TX 427 - Brake and Belt Maintenance; Testing the Parking Brake; Drive Belt Inspection and Replacement

BrakeMaintenance
TestingtheParkingBrake
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Engagetheparking-brake;referto
Parking-BrakeLever(page12).
2.Starttheengine.
3.Slowlyattempttodrivethemachineforwardor
rearward.
4.Ifthemachinemoves,contactyourAuthorized
ServiceDealerforservice.
BeltMaintenance
InspectingandReplacing
theDriveBelt
ServiceInterval:Every25hours—Inspectthedrive
beltforwearordamage.
Every200hours—Replacethedrivebelt.
Toreplacethedrivebelt,completethefollowing
procedure:
Note:Tocompletethisprocedure,youneedasturdy
metalhooktodisconnecttheidler-pulleyspring,such
asthespring-removaltool(T oroPartNo.92-5771)
availablefororderfromyourAuthorizedService
Dealer.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurface,engagethe
parkingbrake,andlowertheloaderarms.
2.Shutofftheengineandremovethekey.
3.Openthehood.
4.Connectthehookonthespring-removaltool
tothehookontheidlerpulleyspring,and
disconnectthespringfromthestudasshown
inFigure52.
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