Sagging Left Brake

glennmac · Sep 2, 2001

I've spent the last 3 days cutting heavy brush and having the woody spears win quite a few rounds.

I noticed today that my left brake just sags to the floor. No pressure in it. The right brake works. When I clip them together I seem to have a braking effect on both wheels, not just on the right wheel. Does this make sense?

Any ideas what is wrong? Can I fix this, or is it dealer time. Is there such a thing as brake fluid in a tractor? If I've lost fluid does that mean all my hydro fluid will drain out? I continued working for several hours and didnt notice anything else wrong.

I managed to get high up on hills where I have never been before. About a 15' dropoff into a creek bed. There I am on fairly steep slopes thrashing around with my brush cutter in heavy brush and saplings with broken brakes. Thank goodness for hydro. The braking effect of hydro is so effective, I rarely ever use brakes. Didnt know they were broken until I came back for gas and noticed the left pedal down at the floorboard.

Bird · Sep 2, 2001

<font color=blue>The right brake works. When I clip them together I seem to have a braking effect on both wheels, not just on the right wheel. Does this make sense?</font color=blue>

Not to me, assuming that it sags really low./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Of course, I wouldn't know without seeing it, but my guess would be that you're knocked the linkage loose underneath, although if you really do have a working brake on the left side (easy to find out - leave the pedals separate and step on just the left one), then perhaps you've only knocked the spring loose.

Bird

hayden · Sep 6, 2001

On lots of occasions, mostly while brush hogging in rough conditions, I've had branches etc. pop out the various clip pins that hold all kinds of control rods in place on the underside of the tractor. I've had brake rods come off, the cruse control link come undone, 3PH draw bars fall off, etc. Seems to happen most when wacking through saplings where they pop back up and snag various parts of the underbody.

I can't say I've seen one brake peddle drop to the floor, but it sure sounds to me like one of your link rods has come out. By looking under the tractor and operating the brake peddle a bit by hand you should be able to see how the rods are hooked up on the good side, then check the other side. I've started carrying a bunch of the spring clips in the tool box as spares.

Good luck.

Peter

glennmac · Sep 6, 2001

Yeah, there is some sort of linkage hanging loose under there. I cant find my manuals, so I dont know what it is. Also must have busted something on my mmm linkages. The deck raises up on one side and not the other. Ripped the wiring out of my rear work light. Bent the pin that hold the FEL legs in place. Ripped three snap rings and bushing off my Freedom Hitch. Just another 4 days cutting brush.