Adjustments; Parking Brake Adjustment; Front Wheel Alignment - Toro Workman HDX Auto Service Manual

Adjustments

Parking Brake Adjustment

1. Park vehicle on a level surface, shut engine off and
remove key from ignition switch.
2. Remove brake lever handle from parking brake le-
ver. Loosen set screw on end of parking brake lever
knob.
3. Adjust parking brake with knob on parking brake le-
ver until a force of 45 to 50 lb (20 to 22 kg) is required to
actuate the brake lever.
4. After adjustment, tighten set screw in knob to secure
parking brake adjustment and then install brake lever
handle.

Front Wheel Alignment

1. Rotate steering wheel to center the pitman arm with
the vehicle to ensure correct front wheel alignment mea-
surement.
2. With the pitman arm centered, measure center to
center distance (at axle height) between the front
wheels at both front and rear of the wheels (Fig. 3). The
front and rear measurements should be equal with a tol-
erance of 0.120" (3 mm). Rotate tires 90
second measurement.
3. If measurements determine that an adjustment is
needed, loosen jam nuts on front tie rod ends and rotate
tie rods equally to change wheel alignment. Torque jam
nuts from 45 to 55 ft−lb (61 to 74 N−m) after adjustment
is complete.
4. After alignment has been checked and/or adjusted,
check for component interference as steering wheel is
turned from lock to lock. If necessary, adjust tie rods
equally to center steering components and then re−
check front wheel alignment.
5. Make sure that all jam nuts are properly torqued.
Chassis
1. Parking brake lever
2. Knob
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Figure 2
FRONT OF VEHICLE
Center−to−center
Distance
Left
Front
Wheel
Center−to−center
Distance
Figure 3
3
2
3. Set screw
Right
Front
Wheel
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