Brake Maintenance; Adjusting The Brakes; Adjusting The Parking Brake - Toro Groundsmaster 360 31223 Operator's Manual

step from the front of the radiator, again from
the fan side.
4. After you have thoroughly cleaned the radiator,
remove any debris from the channel at the
radiator base and around the frame.
5. Clean the engine compartment and the brake
linkage.
6. Close the clean-out cover and secure the flange
nut.
7. Close the hood.

Brake Maintenance

Adjusting the 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 that the brake pedal moves before you feel
braking resistance.
Note:
Use the wheel-motor backlash to rock the
drums back and forth to ensure that the drums are
free prior to and after adjustment.
1. To reduce free travel of the brake pedals, tighten
the brakes by loosening the front nut on the
threaded end of the brake cable
1. Brake cables
2. Tighten the rear nut to move the cable backward
until brake pedals have 1.27 to 1.9 cm (1/2 to
3/4 inch) of free travel before the wheels lock up.
3. Tighten the front nuts, ensuring that both cables
actuate the brakes simultaneously.
Adjusting the Parking
Brake
If the parking brake fails to engage, adjust the brake
pawl.
1. Loosen the 2 screws securing the parking-brake
pawl to the frame
47
(Figure
Figure 45
2. Front nuts
(Figure 46).
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