MTD 300 series Shop Manual page 39

6. Remove the brake arm; use a 15/16" wrench on the head of
the brake arm pivot bolt, and a 9/16" socket to reach
through the hole in the impeller. See Figure 4.28.
7. As the brake arm comes free of the auger housing, there
will be slack in the brake spring.
8. Unhook the brake spring from the brake arm.
9. Instal the brake arm by reversing the removal process.
Lube the contact point between the brake arm and the pivot
bolt with white lithium or grease or low temperature syn-
thetic grease.
AUGER SYSTEM
Brake spring Brake arm
Pivot bolt
Figure 4.28
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