Brake Maintenance
Adjusting the Parking
Brake
1.
Prepare the machine for maintenance; refer to
Preparing the Machine (page
2.
Check the air pressure in the drive tires; refer to
Checking the Tire Pressure (page
3.
Disengage the parking brake.
4.
Loosen the 2 jam nuts on the brake linkage
located at the left, rear side of the machine
(Figure
89).
5.
To increase the brake force, turn the linkage
counterclockwise 1 to 2 turns
6.
Engage the parking brake and check if you need
to further adjust the parking brake; repeat step
5, if needed.
7.
Tighten the 2 jam nuts
Figure 89
1. Jam nut
8.
Check the parking brake; repeat steps
if needed.
51).
65).
(Figure
89).
(Figure
89).
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2. Brake linkage
4
to 7,
Belt Maintenance
Replacing the Belt
1.
Prepare the machine for maintenance; refer to
Preparing the Machine (page
2.
Raise the machine and support it with jack
stands.
3.
While holding the eye bolt in place, loosen the
locknut on the eye bolt to remove tension from
the spring
(Figure
1. Locknut
4.
Pull the tension arm away from the belt and
remove the existing belt from the pulleys
91).
1. Tension arm
66
51).
90).
Figure 90
2. Eye bolt
Figure 91
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