Brake Maintenance; Checking And Adjusting The Parking Brake - Toro Groundsmaster 3300 Operator's Manual

Brake Maintenance

Checking and Adjusting the
Parking Brake
Service Interval: Every 400 hours
Checking the Parking Brake
1. Place jack stands under the front of the machine;
refer to Raising the Front of the Machine (page
48).
2. Remove the front wheels.
3. Move the parking brake to the D
position; refer to
4. Remove the brake drums
•
If you feel resistance while removing the
brake drums by hand, an adjustment is not
needed.
•
If you do not feel resistance while removing
the brake drums by hand, an adjustment is
needed; refer to
(page 64).
Figure 75
Right side of the machine shown.
1. Brake drum
5. Install the front wheels and torque the lug nuts;
refer to Torquing the Wheel-Lug Nuts (page
Adjusting the Parking Brake
1. Chock the wheels.
2. Ensure that the parking brake is disengaged.
3. Locate the brake-cable mount
the left side of the machine near the left wheel.
ISENGAGED
Parking Brake (page 30).
(Figure 75) by hand.
Adjusting the Parking Brake
(Figure 76) under
1. Jam nuts
4. Loosen the top jam nuts so that a gap (3.2 mm
[1/8 inch] to 4.8 mm [3/16 inch]) appears.
5. Pull down on a cable until the top jam nut
contacts the bracket.
6. Tighten the bottom jam nut.
7. Repeat steps
8. Check the parking brake; refer to
Parking Brake (page
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61).
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Figure 76
5 and 6 for the other cable.
Checking the
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