Instruction manual SMV 10 600B – 60 1500B Publ. no. 6196.082 1117, Version 02
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Service and maintenance
Releasing the parking brake
WARNING
When the parking brake is released, the machine
parking brake can no longer brake.
Danger of serious personal injury and fatality.
Block the wheels to prevent the machine from rolling.
If there is no hydraulic pressure available, the parking brake can be
released manually.
• Block the wheels to prevent the machine from rolling.
• Unscrew the cover (7).
• Loosen the locking bolt (3).
• Turn the adjustment screw (8) counter-clockwise until the brake
disc is completely free.
• Loosen the locking bolt (3). Tighten the cover (7) by hand.
• Before the machine is used again, the parking brake must be
adjusted in accordance with the description in this section.
Bleeding of the parking brake
When any of the hydraulic connectors in the brake system has been
loosened, the system must be bleed. The brake cylinder must be
filled with brake fluid so that no air can be sucked into the system.
• Connect a transparent plastic hose to the bleeding screw (9).
Lower the other end of the hose into a transparent container
with brake fluid.
• Slowly pressurise the brake.
• Loosen the bleeding screw (9).
• Continue to pressurise the brake until no air bubbles are visible
in the container.
• Retighten the bleeding screw and release the pressure.