Adjusting The Service/Parking Brake - Toro Greensmaster Flex 1021 Operator's Manual

1. Friction disc
2. Pressure plate
Adjusting the
Service/Parking Brake
Adjust the service/parking brake if it slips during
operation.
1. Disengage the parking brake.
2. Measure the free play at the end of the
parking-brake handle
The handle free play should be between 12.7 to
25.4 mm (0.50 to 1 inch). If the free play is not
within this amount, proceed to step
the brake cable.
Figure 31
3. Gap—1.1 mm (0.045 inch)
(Figure 32).
3 to adjust
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1. Parking-brake handle
3. Perform the following steps to adjust the
brake-cable tension:
•
To increase the cable tension, loosen the
front-cable jam nut and tighten the rear jam
nut (Figure
the tension if necessary.
•
To decrease the cable tension, loosen the
rear jam nut and tighten the front-cable jam
nut (Figure
the tension if necessary.
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Figure 32
2. Appropriate free play of
12.7 to 25.4 mm (0.50 to
1 inch).
33). Repeat step 2 and adjust
33). Repeat step 2 and adjust
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