Brake Maintenance; Servicing The Brakes - Toro 30071 Operator's Manual

Brake Maintenance

Servicing the Brakes

Always set the parking brake when you stop the machine
or leave it unattended. If the parking brake does not hold
securely, an adjustment is required.
Checking the Brakes
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
Check the brakes on both a level surface and slope.
1. Park the machine on a level surface, disengage the PTO.
2. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all moving
parts to stop before leaving the operating position.
3. Apply the parking brake.
Note: Setting the parking brake should take a
reasonable amount of force. If the parking brake does
not hold securely, an adjustment is required. Refer to
Adjusting the Brakes (page 29).
Note: When the brake is engaged, the brake handle
should be in the 1 o'clock position (Figure 36).
Figure 36
1. Parking brake lever
(released position)
2. 1 o'clock position
3. Haripin cotter
4. Lower brake lever
Adjusting the Brakes
If the parking brake does not hold securely, an adjustment
is required.
5. Clevis pin
6. Yoke
7. Jam nut
8. Brake rod
1. Park the machine on a level surface, disengage the
PTO, and set the parking brake.
2. Stop the engine, remove the key, and wait for all moving
parts to stop before leaving the operating position.
3. Check the brake before you adjust it; refer to Checking
the Brakes (page 29).
4. Release the parking brake; refer to Releasing the
Parking Brake (page 13).
5. Loosen the top and bottom jam nuts (Figure 36).
6. To adjust the brake, remove the hair pin cotter and
clevis pin from the lower brake lever (Figure 36).
7. Rotate the brake rod in the yokes.
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To tighten the brake, lengthen the rod between the
yokes.
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To loosen the brake, shorten the rod between the
yokes (Figure 36).
Note: The brake rod should be threaded into both
yokes the same distance.
8. Secure the yoke to lower brake lever with the hair pin
cotter and clevis pin (Figure 36).
9. Tighten the top and bottom jam nuts (Figure 36).
10. Check the brake operation again; refer to Checking the
Brakes (page 29).
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