Driving with brakes locked

[Fly_Rodr]

<font color=blue>Yep, I used to run my John Deere 650 with the brakes locked quite often. I usually could'nt tell untill I pressed on the clutch and the tractor stopped instead of coasting.</font color=blue>

Yes, I did the same with my JD 950, Last month I replaced the brake shoes, sticker shock $75.00 per shoe, needed 4 of them. Looked like the ones I used to buy for cars at 13.00 per pair. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif

 

[rmcess]

Tom,
Sounds like something I would do. (but never tell)/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
How do you like the tooth bar so far? Besides being hard on turf. I have thought about it when trying to dig a couple times but have not heard any feedback from one on a BX.
Thank's
Richard

 

[dgood1]

I used to drive with the parking brake on just to warm them us so that they would work on my 1970 Leland. I finally broke down and took the brakes apart, had the surfaces machined and broke the glaze off of the disks.

The darn thing will lock up the wheels now in the dirt. Wish that I had done that about 5 years ago.

The disks were priced at $76 and the actuator parts I had machined were $350 plus $ 250 for the outside plate. Sure am glad that I didn't have to replace those parts. The prices were just for one side.

Don

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Rich, the tooth bar is great.... Easy to put on and take off. I was using it Sunday to remove rocks of various sizes that were tossed in the corner of the fence row over the years by the farmer who owned to land previously. Most were just below the surface but a lot were sticking up high enough that they got hit with the mower every so often so we quit mowing there.

I just floated across the surface and the tooth bar dislodged the rocks and then I scooped them up. It really worked well and back dragging wasn't a problem if you curl the bucket up and smooth out with the back half of the bucket.

Like everthing else with this tractor it is easy to remove the shin buster if you don't want it on. Well worth the money and the way they are built they really stiffen the bucket up..... Tom T

 

[karmakanic]

If you need to replace the brake linings check the yellow pages for a brake and clutch repair shop. Most medium to large cities have them, they service the heavy truck and construction industry. Their prices will be a heck of a lot better then $75.00 a shoe. I just had a brake band for a blacksmithing power hammer relined. This thing is about 4" wide and 18" long, and the cost was $26.00.

HTH
Dave Perry aka karma-kanic