BX-24 brake adjustment

[ayelvington]

If you've left the parking brake on and now you're thinking you need new brakes, READ ON!

Yup, you just ate a lot (but not all) of your brakes. If the pedal goes to the floor, this procedure will let you put off spending big bucks for quite a while.

1. Remove the right rear tire.

2. Locate the brake pedal return spring to the rear of the chassis.

3. Release the return spring from the rear of the chassis and set it aside.

4. Locate the arm that engages the brake cam. The front of the spring was attached to it. (It barely rises above the tractor frame...)

5. Remove the cotter pin from the arm so that the rear brake turnbuckle assembly is free to rotate.

6. Shorten the turnbuckle by rotating the rear portion of the turnbuckle assembly until the threads just bottom out.

7. Reinstall the turnbuckle pin into the brake cam lever.

8. Reinstall the pin securing the turnbuckle pin to the brake cam lever.

9. Reinstall the brake return spring.

10. Reinstall the right rear tire.

You now have brakes again!

If you're wondering where the brakes went, they are now in your hydraulic fluid, so it might be a good time to change the fluid and filters....


There is SOOOOOO much missing from the Kubota WSM it's not funny...

 

[keyman1808]

Great post I will print this out and place it in my WSM for future reference.

 

[BotaBigot]

...There is SOOOOOO much missing from the Kubota WSM it's not funny...

There certainly is...plus what's lost in translation.

BX brake is essentially a clutch pack...much like that of motorcycle or auto trans. My only concern w/adjustment is possibility of exceeding wear surface on brake discs, causing metal to metal contact w/friction discs...alas, if only WSM had adjustment info so we wouldn't adjust "too far"...

As for funny...some translated text does make me smile...

 

[radioman]

good post, might explain why some are finding metal pieces in strainer.
Your shortcut is only giving you a further use of brake lining to point of no return.
Ever wonder why the brake pads on cars has squealers? some bend those tabs back to point and drive to point of no return....... I am just saying.....

 

[ayelvington]

good post, might explain why some are finding metal pieces in strainer.
Your shortcut is only giving you a further use of brake lining to point of no return.
Ever wonder why the brake pads on cars has squealers? some bend those tabs back to point and drive to point of no return....... I am just saying.....

The internal parts are cheap, but the remove and replace charges are not. You might as well get your money's worth if they're going to have to crack the case and go in. Replacement pads are like $60...

 

[Don87]

The internal parts are cheap, but the remove and replace charges are not. You might as well get your money's worth if they're going to have to crack the case and go in. Replacement pads are like $60...

Until you find that too much metal has entered the system from adjusting the brakes too far............and has in turn taken out several bearings in the process, or maybe even entered the hydraulic pump.

 

[radioman]

exactly don... it appears al had his bx in shorter period of time then I do , but already wearing out the brakes. It might work for him for now till he got the time hopefully before snow falls to fix it for good.

 

[Don87]

exactly don... it appears al had his bx in shorter period of time then I do , but already wearing out the brakes. It might work for him for now till he got the time hopefully before snow falls to fix it for good.

I just hope that Al sees the posts and takes corrective action before serious damage results.
And I further hope that others that have printed the post, take heed to what was said. Big difference in repair costs on 'dry brakes with rotors on drums', and 'wet brakes' that involve Hydrostatic transaxles.

Can't be too careful when dealing with metal and hydraulics.

 

[ayelvington]

Until you find that too much metal has entered the system from adjusting the brakes too far............and has in turn taken out several bearings in the process, or maybe even entered the hydraulic pump.

Kubota's engineers would need a swift kick if they let me adjust the brakes down to metal, or fed the pump from somewhere other than directly from the filter.

I regret that I can't afford to take it in to the shop for piece of mind, so I'm depending on Kubota to do their product design right.

 

[BotaBigot]

...hopefully not same engineers who came up w/original HST cooling fan, or subsequent "fix"...

Seriously, I would be more comfortable if there were a spec in WSM...that would at least tell me they were thinking about it...