Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Service Brakes - Toro 30643 Operator's Manual

Brake Maintenance

Adjusting the Service Brakes

Adjust the service brakes when there is more than 25 mm (1
inch) of "free travel" of the brake pedal, or when the brakes
do not work effectively. Free travel is the distance the brake
pedal moves before you feel braking resistance.
1. Disengage the locking latch from the brake pedals so
that both pedals work independently of each other.
2. To reduce free travel of the brake pedals, tighten the
brakes as follows:
A. Loosen the 2 mounting screws and remove the
brake-adjustment cover
Figure 70
1. Mounting screws
B. Loosen the front nut on the threaded end of the
brake cable (Figure
(Figure 70).
2. Brake-adjustment cover
71).
1. Brake-cable-adjusting nuts
C. Tighten the rear nut to move the cable backward
until the brake pedals have 13 to 25 mm (1/2 to 1
inch) of free travel.
D. Tighten the front nuts after the brakes are adjusted
correctly.
E. Install the brake-adjustment cover.
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Figure 71