Adjust play in brake linkage rod

[JimP2014]

Here is a short video of this rake linkage rod that I think has too much play in it so basically the brake is off + I believe that rod should not slide the way it does even when the spring is attached it slides the same amount as if there's a way to stop that motion the spring itself seems to be a little bit too long I wonder what anybody knows about how to get rid of that play in that rod? Craftsman lt2000 2019.5 horsepower engine 42-in cutting width.

Thankks,
Jim

 

[JimP2014]

So there's this very long spring and it connects to this plate that controls the brake pads. The plate where this long spring hooks into has One large hole and that's where the spring should go but behind that there's a smaller hole and I wonder what that's for if anyone knows seems like if I use that smaller hole somehow then the current setup will be more tight. So that long spring which really is not the problem there's nothing wrong with it it's just resting on top of that metal plate the other thing is where that long linkage rod goes towards the front of the mower you can't get in there you probably have to take out the engine but maybe there's nothing to service on the front end of that long metal linkage rod so it doesn't matter.

Jim

 

[JimP2014]

So I took off that spring it's known as an elongated spring which I never really knew but one side of the spring is elongated and the other side is just like the closed loop. The spring is 5.5in Long and it has an outside diameter I believe 3/8 of an inch but in any case, it's fairly easy to find a spring that's 5 and 1/2 in Long it's more difficult to find one which is 5 and 1/4 in long which is what I figure I need so I decided that they two makes springs 5 and 1/4 in long except both ends are elongated I don't think that's a big deal the only thing you have to worry about is making sure the elongated side does not slip off of the linkage rod which would not be hard to figure out. That linkage rod itself should actually have an adjustment setup built into it so it's a metal rod going into some sort of adjustment setup and then from there it goes out to metal rod again so in the middle some place you can adjust it to loosen it or tighten it that's the way that linkage rod should be built.

Jim