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SELF-ENERGIZING BRAKE SYSTEM
TVS/TVLX840 Models
These are the components of the self-energizing brake
system.
DISASSEMBLY OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.
1. Disconnect the grounding wire from the shorting clip.
2. Press the shorting clip out of the brake bracket.
3. Unhook the return spring from the brake bracket.
4. Align the hole in the brake pad lever to the hole in
the bracket and hold in this position with a small
punch.
5. Remove the control lever pivot screw.
6. Disconnect the control link from brake pad lever.
Remove punch.
7. Remove brake pad lever pivot screw.
8. Turn the brake spring so the small arm (on the
bottom) clears the notch in the brake pad lever.
REASSEMBLY OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.
1. Position brake spring on brake pad lever with small
extension of spring into notch on pad arm.
2. Assemble the brake pad lever and spring assembly
to the bracket with the pivot screw. Position the long
extension from the brake spring into the notch on
the bracket.
3. Position the control lever in the brake bracket.
BRAKE BRACKET
BRAKE CONTROL
LEVER
RETURN
SPRING
BRAKE PAD LEVER
SMALL
ARM
NOTCH
BRAKE SPRING
SMALL ARM
BRAKE SPRING
LONG ARM
NOTCH IN BRACKET
BRAKE PAD PIVOT
SCREW
ALIGNMENT
PUNCH
BRAKE PAD
LEVER
CONTROL
LINK
CONTROL
LINK
BRAKE PAD
BRAKE PAD
LEVER
CONTROL LEVER
PIVOT SCREW
BRAKE PAD
LEVER PIVOT
SCREW
SHORTING CLIP
BRAKE CONTROL
LEVER
BRAKE BRACKET
SMALL END
LARGE END
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