Adjusting Rear Wheel Toe-In - Toro 30344 Operator's Manual

WARNING
If the machine is not supported adequately, it
may accidentally fall, injuring anyone under
the machine.
One front wheel and one rear wheel must be
raised off of the ground or the machine will
move during adjustment.
3. Loosen the retaining screw on the opposite side of the
traction adjustment cam (Figure 57).
Figure 57
1. Traction adjustment cam
2. Retaining screw
3. Neutral return arm
4. Start the engine and rotate the cam hex forward until
the front wheel starts to rotate, then rotate the hex
cam backward until the front wheel starts to rotate.
Determine the mid position of the neutral span and
tighten the retaining screw. Perform this operation at
low speed idle and at high engine speed.
WARNING
The engine must be running so a final
adjustment of the traction adjustment cam
can be performed. Contact with hot or moving
parts can result in personal injury.
Keep hands, feet, face, and other body parts
away from the muffler, other hot parts of the
engine, and other rotating parts.
5. Tighten the screw securing the adjustment.
6. Stop the engine.
7. Adjust the screw on the neutral return arm (Figure 57)
until the gap between the end of the screw and the
switch contact is .23-.38 cm (.090–.120 inch).
8. Remove the support blocks and lower the machine to
the shop floor.
9. Test drive the machine to make sure it does not move
when the traction pedal is in neutral.
4. Adjusting screw
5. Neutral return switch

Adjusting Rear Wheel Toe-in

Service Interval: Every 200 hours—Check the rear wheel
toe-in.
Model 30344
The rear wheels should not toe-in or toe-out when they are
adjusted correctly. To check the rear wheel toe-in, measure
the center-to-center distance at wheel hub height, in front and
in back of the rear tires. If the wheels toe-in or toe-out, an
adjustment is required.
1. Rotate the steering wheel so rear wheels are straight
ahead.
2. Loosen the jam nuts on both tie rods. Adjust both tie
rods until center-to-center distance at front and back
of rear wheels is the same (Figure 58).
3. When rear wheels are adjusted correctly, tighten jam
nuts against tie rods.
1. Steering plate
Model 30345
The rear wheels should not toe-in or toe-out when they are
adjusted correctly. To check the rear wheel toe-in, measure
the center-to-center distance at wheel hub height, in front and
in back of the rear tires. If the wheels toe-in or toe-out, an
adjustment is required.
1. Rotate the steering wheel so rear wheels are straight
ahead.
2. Remove nuts securing one tie rod ball joint to the
mounting bracket on the axle and disconnect the ball
joint from the axle (Figure 59).
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Figure 58
2. Same dimension at front
and rear of wheels