Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting The Traction-Control Linkage - Toro 29518 Operator's Manual

Figure 52
1. Transmission pullys
2. Transmission
3. Socket (belt-tension
bracket)
3. Slip the transmission-drive belt of the engine, tensioner,
and transmission pulleys
4. Route the new transmission-drive belt around the
engine, tensioner, and transmission pulleys as shown
in Figure 52
5. Release the belt-tension bracket and allow the spring to
tension the belt (Figure
Note: Make sure the belt-tension bracket and pulley
can move freely.
4. Engine pulley
5. Tensioner pulley
(Figure 52).
52).
Controls System
Maintenance
Adjusting the Traction-Control
Linkage
1. Park the machine on a level surface.
2. Stop the engine, set the parking brake, remove the key,
and wait for all moving parts to stop before leaving the
operating position.
3. Push the control lever all the way forward to the front
reference bar.
4. If the control lever contact the reference bar or do
not contact the reference bar perform the following:
A. Release the control lever and allow it to return to
the neutral position.
B. Remove the spring-clevis pin from the fork fitting
of the traction-control linkage
1. Spring-clevis pin
2. Locknut
C. Adjust the fork fitting to set the initial gap as
follows:
•
If the control lever contacts the reference
bar, rotate the fork fitting
counterclockwise (as viewed from the top of
the machine).
•
If the control lever does not contacts the
reference bar, rotate the fork fitting
53) counterclockwise.
D. Install the spring clevis pin
the control lever forward.
E. Repeat this steps
approximately 1.6 mm (1/16 inch) between the
control lever and the front reference bar.
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(Figure 53).
Figure 53
3. Turnbuckle
(Figure
(Figure 53) and move
A through D until there is a gap
53)
(Figure