Hi,
My cousin has a UK built MF 165 from 1965. He has repaired his brakes on one side (so far), and it is even worse than it was before. What it does is that when he hit the brake pedal, the brake goes fully on by itself, and does not come off until he put the tractor in reverse and back it up a little. He put new linings on, and new all the small springs that keeps the disks together, and new oil seals too.
He means the groves for the balls was not too bad, and it looked fairly ok. But, then, he is not a mechanic, and has never done such a repair before, and I was not there to help him either since he is in Norway and I am in California.
Does anyone have any ideas about this ? Is it anything I can advise him to do, to be sure if he needs a new disk set, or if it can be cured in any other way. He says it is as soon as he comes to the place the brake starts engaging the brakes goes fully on.
Bill
My cousin has a UK built MF 165 from 1965. He has repaired his brakes on one side (so far), and it is even worse than it was before. What it does is that when he hit the brake pedal, the brake goes fully on by itself, and does not come off until he put the tractor in reverse and back it up a little. He put new linings on, and new all the small springs that keeps the disks together, and new oil seals too.
He means the groves for the balls was not too bad, and it looked fairly ok. But, then, he is not a mechanic, and has never done such a repair before, and I was not there to help him either since he is in Norway and I am in California.
Does anyone have any ideas about this ? Is it anything I can advise him to do, to be sure if he needs a new disk set, or if it can be cured in any other way. He says it is as soon as he comes to the place the brake starts engaging the brakes goes fully on.
Bill