Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Parking Brake - Toro 74310 Operator's Manual

Brake Maintenance

Adjusting the Parking Brake

Service Interval: After the first 100 hours
Every 500 hours thereafter
Make sure that the brake is adjusted properly. Follow this
procedure when you remove or replace a brake component.
1. Stop the machine and move the speed-control lever
to the N position.
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2. Disengage the PTO, engage the parking brake, shut off
the engine, and wait for all moving parts to stop.
3. Release the parking brake.
4. Tilt the seat forward.
5. Check and ensure there is no slack between the
parking-brake handle and the linkage.
6. If an adjustment is necessary, remove the clevis pin and
rotate the linkage counterclockwise to lengthen it or
clockwise to shorten it.
Figure 47
1. Parking brake
2. Rotate yoke
3. Clevis pin
7. Measure the compressed spring length on both vertical
spring assemblies.
Note: The spring should measure between 6 to 7 cm
(2.35 to 2.85 inches). If necessary, adjust the nut at
the top of the vertical spring assembly to achieve this
distance.
4. Speed-control lever
5. Steering levers
1. Parking brake
2. Steering lever
3. Speed-control lever
8. Adjust the linkage length with the 2 nuts at the bottom
of the vertical spring assembly
Note: The linkage should measure 22.7 to 23.3 cm
(8.92 to 9.16 inches).
1. 22.7 to 23.3 cm (8.92 to
9.16 inches)
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Figure 48
4. Vertical spring assembly
5. Nut
6. 6 to 7 cm (2.35 to 2.85
inches)
(Figure 49).
Figure 49
2. Nuts