Cooling System Maintenance; Cleaning The Radiator Screen; Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Brakes - Toro 04384 Operator's Manual

Cooling System
Maintenance

Cleaning the Radiator Screen

To prevent the system from overheating, the radiator screen
and radiator must be kept clean. Check and clean the screen
and radiator daily or, if necessary, hourly. Clean these
components more frequently in dusty, dirty conditions.
1. Remove the radiator screen (Figure 45).
2. Working from the fan side of the radiator, blow out the
radiator with compressed air.
Figure 45
1. Radiator screen
3. Clean the screen and reinstall it.
2. Radiator

Brake Maintenance

Adjusting the Brakes

Service Interval: Yearly
A brake adjustment rod is located on each side of the machine
so that the brakes can be equally adjusted. Adjust the brakes
as follows:
1. While moving forward in transport speed, press the
brake pedal; both wheels should lock equally.
CAUTION
Testing the brakes in a confined area where
others are present could cause injury.
Always check the brakes in a wide,
open-spaced, flat area which is free of other
persons and obstructions before and after
adjustment.
2. If the brakes do not lock equally, disconnect the
brake rods by removing the cotter pin and clevis pin
(Figure 46).
1. Clevis pin and cotter pin
2. Jam nut
3. Loosen the jam nut and adjust the clevis accordingly
(Figure 46).
4. Assemble the clevis to the brake shaft (Figure 46).
5. Check the amount of free travel of the brake pedal
when the adjustment is completed. There should be
13 to 25 mm (1/2 to 1 inch) travel before the brake
shoes make contact with the brake drums. Adjust, if
necessary, to achieve this setting.
6. While moving forward in transport speed, press the
brake pedal; both brakes should lock equally. Adjust,
if necessary.
7. It is recommended that the brakes be burnished
annually; refer to the Break-In Period section.
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Figure 46
3. Clevis
4. Brake shaft