Adjusting The Service Brakes - Toro 30344 Operator's Manual

1. P interlock
ARKING BRAKE
switch
6. Press down on the parking-brake rod and push up
the switch until the compressed length of the switch
plunger is 0.7 mm (0.030 inches)
Note: This is the distance between the brake-rod
paddle and the switch-plunger housing.
7. Tighten the switch-mounting screws and nuts.
8. With the parking brake disengaged, the switch circuit
should have continuity.
Note: If there is no continuity, move the switch down
slightly until there is continuity.
9. Check the adjustment as follows:
A. Engage the parking brake.
B. Press the traction pedal while the engine is
running and the PTO lever is disengaged.
Note: The engine should stop within 2 seconds.
If engine stops, the switch is operating correctly.
If engine does not stop, the interlock system is
malfunctioning and require that you correct it.
10. Install the steering-tower cover and brake-rod knob.

Adjusting the Service Brakes

Service Interval: After the first 10 hours
After the first 50 hours
Every 50 hours
Adjust the service brakes when there is more than 25 mm (1
inch) of free travel of the brake pedals or when the brakes do
not work effectively. Free travel is the distance that the brake
pedal moves before you feel braking resistance.
After the first 10 hours of operation, you should need to
adjust the brakes only after considerable use thereafter. You
Figure 62
2. Parking-brake-rod paddle
(Figure 62, inset).
can perform these periodic adjustments where the brake cable
connects to the bottom of the brake pedals. When the cable
is no longer adjustable, you can adjust the star nut on the
inside of the brake drum to move the brake shoes outward.
However, you will need to adjust the brake cables again to
compensate for this adjustment.
1. Disengage the lock arm from the right-brake pedal so
that both pedals work independently of each other.
2. To reduce the free travel of the brake pedals, tighten
the brakes by loosening the jam front nuts on the
threaded end of the brake cable
1. Rear jam nuts
3. Tighten the rear jam nuts to move the cable rearward
until the brake pedals have 13 mm to 25 mm (1/2 to 1
inch) of free travel.
4. Tighten the front jam nuts after the brakes are properly
adjusted.
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(Figure 63).
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Figure 63
2. Front jam nuts