Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Service Brakes - Toro 30874 Operator's Manual

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1. Oil cooler/radiator
Important: Cleaning the oil cooler/radiator with
water promotes premature corrosion damage to
components and compacts debris.
4. Close the rear screen and secure it with the latch.

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. Release 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 front nut on the threaded end of the
brake cable
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1. Brake cable
B. Tighten the rear nut to move the cable rearward
until the brake pedals have 13 to 25 mm (1/2 to 1
inch) of free travel.
C. Tighten the front nuts after the brakes are adjusted
correctly.
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