Installing The Traction Control Linkage - Toro 38650 Operator's Manual

4. Pull the cable jacket down gently until the wheel clutch
lever is down and the slack is out of the cable, then
tighten the cable clamp nut securely (Figure 8).
Figure 8
5. Squeeze the lever fully, then check the gap between
the bottom of the handle and the wheel clutch lever
end (Figure 9).
Figure 9
Note: The gap should be approximately the thickness
of a pencil (1/4 inch or 6 mm). If it is greater, loosen
the cable clamp nut, slide the cable jacket up slightly,
tighten the cable clamp nut, and check the gap again.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for the other cable.
3. Installing the Traction
Control Linkage
1. Remove the hairpin cotter and washer from the lower
end of the speed control rod and insert the lower end
of the rod into the lower link arm so that the bent end
of the speed control rod faces rearward (Figure 10).
Figure 10
2. Secure the lower end of the speed control rod with the
washer and hairpin cotter that you previously removed.
3. Remove the hairpin cotter and the outer washer from
the trunnion on the upper end of the speed control rod
(Figure 11).
Figure 11
1. Speed selector lever
2. Wave washer
Note: To make installation easier, leave the wave
washer and the flat washer on the trunnion (Figure 11).
4. Shift the speed selector lever into Position R2.
5. Rotate the lower link arm fully upward
(counterclockwise) (Figure 12).
Figure 12
6. Lift up on the speed control rod and insert the trunnion
into the hole in the speed selector lever (Figure 11).
Note: If the trunnion does not fit into the hole when
you lift up on the speed control rod, rotate the trunnion
upward or downward on the speed control rod until
it fits.
7. Secure the trunnion and upper end of the speed control
rod with the outer washer and a hairpin cotter you
previously removed.
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3. Trunnion
4. Flat washer