Brake Master Cylinders

TM 10-3930-632-12

4-77. General

level often during manual bleeding and keep with inch

from the top.

The fork lift truck brake system consists of two separate

(b) With filler cap off the master

master cylinders, one on each side of the truck. The

cylinder, depress and release brake pedal. A small

cylinder on the right is the service brake master cylinder;

displacement of fluid should be noticed in the cylinder

utilized when making routine stops. The one on the left

reservoir. If this happens, the brake pedal (upon being

is the inching master cylinder. This cylinder enables the

released) is returning the master cylinder piston to its

operator, through varying degrees of pedal pressure, to

normal position to open a master cylinder port. This

creep forward or backward to obtain an exact load pick-

port must be open.

up/deposit position. The master cylinders are illustrated

4-76. Brake Master Cylinders

Figure 4-56. Service Brake Master Cylinder, Removal and Installation

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