Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Parking Brake - Toro 74279TE Operator's Manual

Figure 61
1. Hydraulic oil cooler
2. Left rear tire
Changing the Engine Coolant
Service Interval: Yearly
Have an Authorized Service Dealer change the engine coolant
every year.
3. Radiator screen

Brake Maintenance

Adjusting the Parking Brake

Service Interval: Every 25 hours
Every 200 hours
1. Engage the parking brake, lever up.
2. Measure the length of the spring. Measurement should
be 64 mm (2-1/2 inch) between the washers
62).
3. If adjustment is necessary, release the parking brake,
loosen the jam nut below the spring and adjust the
nut directly below the spring
nut until the correct measurement is obtained. Turn
the nut clockwise to shorten spring length and turn
counter-clockwise to lengthen the spring.
4. Tighten the 2 nuts together.
5. Engage the parking brake, lever up. Check the
measurement of the spring again.
6. If adjustment is necessary, repeat the procedures above.
7. Repeat on the opposite side of machine.
1. Brake lever in engaged
position
2. Spring 64 mm (2-1/2 inch)
45
(Figure 62). Turn the
Figure 62
3. Adjusting nut and jam nut
(Figure