530 brakes disassembly ??

dacaseguy · Jan 21, 2018

Removed both brakes on my 540. Both have good linings but the seals have leaked some oil on them. Cleaned them up good with brake cleaner and they look pretty good. I'll get some new Seals Monday. These brakes have the band on the outside of the drum. I need to disassemble the center sections with the steel balls inside. My book shows two springs that require a slotted screwdriver to remove and to re install. How hard is it to remove those springs and put them back together. Thanks, Dick

mEl · Jan 21, 2018

Those springs taper down the deeper they go and if you pick the right size Allen wrench that goes down in till the last couple coils you can easily install and reinstall those springs. be sure to use something to guide the new seals up over the shaft edge, they are very easy to roll (ruin) . I use electrical tape up over the metal edge and wrapped gradually down the spline to provide a taper to open the seal up as it goes back the spline.

dacaseguy · Jan 21, 2018

I'll try the Allen wrench method. I always use shim stock to go over the splines to protect the seal. Pop can is not th eight size. That tapered
spring is quite interesting ? I hope I can get them back together if I take them apart 🙀 Thanks, Dick

4435 · Jan 22, 2018

Take those brake discs and bands to the oven. Bake em at 350 or so till they quit smoking. Rough them up with some sandpaper less than 100 grit. HTH Tom

L.Fure · Jan 22, 2018

(quoted from post at 16:41:24 01/22/18) Take those brake discs and bands to the oven. Bake em at 350 or so till they quit smoking. Rough them up with some sandpaper less than 100 grit. HTH Tom

You must not have a woman in your house. My wife would split my head open like a ripe melon if I put any greasy parts in her oven. :shock:

BarryfromIA · Jan 22, 2018

Pick up a stove at a garage sale and put a plug wire to match your welder plug or buy bucket of stanisol and a hog pan to soak them in, then brake cleaner. One or the other not both at the same time stanisol will burn.

L.Fure · Jan 22, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:45:38 01/22/18) Pick up a stove at a garage sale and put a plug wire to match your welder plug or buy bucket of stanisol and a hog pan to soak them in, then brake cleaner. One or the other not both at the same time stanisol will burn.

I used to lay the brake disc's on my gravel driveway, soak them with gasoline, and through a lit match on them. This would get the linings hot enough to cook the grease out/off of them. After they cooled I would rough them up with 80 grit sand paper.

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