Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
I have never posted on the JD side before but I recently had the wild hair to own a 2 cyl (I'm a Farmall guy, but love all tractors). So I bought a 70, it runs ok but needed brakes. I pulled the drums off. While waiting for parts I needed to move the tractor so I went to move it, I made it about 30 feet when all at once the entire right side brake assembly broke off and fell to the ground. That is not the worst part, without the brake drums on the brake shaft slid inwards and hit ring gear breaking it. So the brake shaft slid towards the ring gear cocking the brake shaft braking off the brake assembly and one of the planetarys on the ring gear. Just another lesson learned the hard way. My question is would it be easier to unbolt the entire rear end with the axles in place or should I remove the axles and bull gears from the rear end housing. A friend told me that's what I get for switching colors