Controls System Maintenance; Adjusting The Pto Clutch; Adjusting The Traction Pedal - Toro 30344 Operator's Manual

Controls System
Maintenance

Adjusting the PTO Clutch

Service Interval: Every 200 hours
1. Turn the engine off, set the parking brake, and remove
the ignition key.
2. Raise the engine hood and allow the engine to cool.
3. Adjust the air gap so that a 0.4 mm (0.015 inch) feeler
gauge slides in between the clutch lining and friction
plate with light pressure
Note: You can decrease the gap by turning the
adjusting nut clockwise
service gap is 0.7 mm (0.030 inch). Adjust all 3 air gaps.
Figure 66
1. Clutch
2. 0.4 mm (0.015 inch) air
gap (3)
3. Adjusting nut (3)
4. After all 3 gaps have been set, check all 3 again.
Note: Adjusting 1 gap can alter the other gaps.

Adjusting the Traction Pedal

You can adjust the traction pedal for operator comfort or to
reduce the maximum reverse speed of the machine.
1. Check the adjustment of the traction-pedal stop.
Note: The traction-pedal stop
contact the frame slightly before the pump reaches full
stroke.
(Figure 66).
(Figure 66). The maximum
4. Electrical connector
5. PTO belt
(Figure 67) should
1. Traction-pedal stop
2. Loosen the jam nuts, push down the traction pedal,
and tighten the jam nuts when you attain the proper
adjustment.
3. If more adjustment is required, adjust the traction rod
(Figure 68) as follows:
A. Remove the bolt and nut securing traction rod
end to the pedal.
B. Loosen the jam nut securing rod end to the
traction rod.
C. Rotate the rod until you achieve the desired length.
D. Tighten the jam nut and secure the rod end to the
traction pedal with the bolt and nut removed to
lock the angle of the foot pedal.
1. Rod end
2. Jam nut
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Figure 67
Figure 68
3. Traction rod