Brake overhaul

[Gary Sweat]

Hope he's not on the Time Clock :laughing: Its been almost 4hrs. Gary so let us know just how long it took you to Rig It:laughing:

Got it done. California, the old rods were completely rusted solid. That's how I snapped one of them trying to loosen the lock nut. Anyway's, I wound up cutting the threaded ends off, forcing the die to work and shortening the barrels. The threads aren't as clean as I would like but they will have to do till I have the time to just make the whole thing from scratch.

Sorry for the time it took. I also put the PTO and 3Pt back on. I tried to take a picture of the oil level inside with the correct amount of oil but I could never get the camera to pick up on the oil.

 

[Gary Sweat]

All back together. Forgot how nice it was to have brakes that work:laughing:

Drove it around tonight to check for leaks. So far none but nothing got hot to really tell yet. Just glad it went forward and backward like it was supposed to.

 

[winston1]

Congratulations, you ought to be good for another 100,000 miles. I notice you have a quick hitch. I have a Harbor Freight quick hitch. Had to do modifying on quite a few implements but it sure is nice. I change implements pretty regular, especially in gardening season.

 

[Gary Sweat]

Congratulations, you ought to be good for another 100,000 miles. I notice you have a quick hitch. I have a Harbor Freight quick hitch. Had to do modifying on quite a few implements but it sure is nice. I change implements pretty regular, especially in gardening season.

The last time I mashed my finger taking the bush hog off, I said that's it, and went down and got a quick hitch. Had to modify the box blade and drill new holes for the bush hog pins. Everything else fit. It's great and I wish I had gotten one sooner.

I got mine from TSC. It had been sitting on the lot for a couple of years and they let me have it for 125.00. Just picked up a 5' scraper blade and now that I got the tractor back together I can play with it.

 

[Pete Judd]

I would like to know what a "quick hitch" is. Changing between 3Pto stuff takes time and I would like to know it there is a quicker way.

 

[California]

There are several Quick Hitch threads on TBN. In summary, it is a framework you install instead of an implement. Then (assuming a lot of stuff) you simply back up to your implement, raise the QH to hook the implement's pins with its hooks, and drive off to start work. One advantage I like is you can nudge the implement into alignment shoving it with the QH. This saves time.

Here is Tractor Supply's listing. Harbor Freight's seems identical but comes with no accessories, at a third the price.

Here's a picture of mine in use. Note the extreme angle between the tractor and the mower. An ordinary hookup wouldn't allow that extreme angle.

And here's how I obtained the extreme flexibility to allow that angle. For this application, I used a chain in place of the QH's upper hook.

There is more variability in implement width than you might expect. Here, I shimmed my little disc to make the pins as wide as the QH's hooks.

Finally, here is a rear pallet fork assembly I cobbled together that fits on the QH. It is real handy to just back up to that attachment, pick it up, and go move some heavy object like this box blade.

I suggest start a new QH thread in here, or add to an existing one, so QH discussion will be easier for others to find.

 

[Pete Judd]

Thanks, I am looking at them now'

 

[normde2001]

Congratulations, you ought to be good for another 100,000 miles. I notice you have a quick hitch. I have a Harbor Freight quick hitch. Had to do modifying on quite a few implements but it sure is nice. I change implements pretty regular, especially in gardening season.

What did you have to modify on your implements? Normally guys just had to spread the legs a bit on a HF hitch with a hydraulic jack to get them to fit everything.

 

[Gary Sweat]

What did you have to modify on your implements? Normally guys just had to spread the legs a bit on a HF hitch with a hydraulic jack to get them to fit everything.

I used these adapter for all of my implements. They extend the width of the pins just enough so you don't have to spread the implement.

 

[careyo63]

I found it best to have different Size Tractors set up for different tasks. Some implements work much better then only having 15-30 HP. size weight etc. and versa. And then I don't have the problem of different sized Quick Hitches. But then again you have to make the best of what you have to work with.