Recently purchased an International diesel backhoe. I am not exactly sure of the model. 2400a/240a? No service manual. Purchased one but it wasnt a match. When I bought the backhoe, engine worked fine, started right up. It needed new brakes and mastercylinder and valves. Afterwards the right brake dragged and locked up. Thought maybe I didnt get all the air bled out. Sent it out to have someone else check it. He has the brakes to where it drives just fine but as soon as it drives down the road a ways and we tap the brakes more than twice BOTH brakes start dragging and lock up. If I bleed the air off it the brakes work just fine until I tap them more than 2 times and I can feel it locking up again and dragging. Does anyone know the solution?
Any IH 2400/240A owners?
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LouNY
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Reminds me of my 574 and its brakes,
I fought them for a few years, including replacing the brake cylinder o-rings and the brake discs along with new master cylinders.
Mine would apply themselves after a few hours of operation.
No one could come up with a clue as to what was causing the problem.
One day I got totally feed up and said it had to be the master cylinders where not completely releasing and I put a washer under the mounting bolts, fixed the problem.
Then I got to looking closer at the brake pedal linkages, the arms on the brake pedals that push on the master cylinders are actually eccentric they have almost a quarter inch of adjustment in them.
If they are not adjusted they will hold the master cylinders in just enough to keep pressure in the system.
My manuals including the factory manuals never mentioned the eccentrics or adjusting them.
I fought them for a few years, including replacing the brake cylinder o-rings and the brake discs along with new master cylinders.
Mine would apply themselves after a few hours of operation.
No one could come up with a clue as to what was causing the problem.
One day I got totally feed up and said it had to be the master cylinders where not completely releasing and I put a washer under the mounting bolts, fixed the problem.
Then I got to looking closer at the brake pedal linkages, the arms on the brake pedals that push on the master cylinders are actually eccentric they have almost a quarter inch of adjustment in them.
If they are not adjusted they will hold the master cylinders in just enough to keep pressure in the system.
My manuals including the factory manuals never mentioned the eccentrics or adjusting them.
ok thank you will give it a look