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Greg C

09-03-2004 17:28:11




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Since we were on the subject, I thought I'd ask a question of my own. I have a 48 M, with disc brakes, these things have been horrible, no stopping power at all.The previous owner said that they would glaze up and would need to be cleaned occasionally. Says he always used a belt sander. I've taken them apart and there was a little glaze on them, so I took them down to the local Case IH dealer and show them my discs, we compare them to a new set and mine are only 3/32 thinner than the new ones. I'm guessing they're not wore out, they're not oily (my seals are good) so I put on a mask and make two passes on them with the belt sander, cleaned them up nice and took very little stock off them. I cleaned up everything else, and used a little silicone spray on the balls, so they moved freely, and put them back together. I wound up having to max out the adjustment rods to get them to grab, and it's still not good. I'm not sure what I might have done wrong, any help would be greatly appreciated. Greg

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Novel Idea Guy

09-03-2004 19:40:05




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 Re: Farmall M Brakes in reply to Greg C, 09-03-2004 17:28:11  
The mechanical disk brakes on Farmalls were never a strong point. If you get the brake disks relined with clutch liner or kevlar material, they'll work a whole lot better.



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Haas

09-03-2004 18:11:22




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 Re: Farmall M Brakes in reply to Greg C, 09-03-2004 17:28:11  
I have a 1947 MD with those disk brakes. When I restored it, the local brake shop relined the disks for me. They used new metallic material, not asbestos, which of course you can't get anymore. I roughed up the actuator disks with a sander. I rarely use this tractor for any work, maybe pulling a wagon or something. Otherwise, it's shows and parades. This work was done 4 years ago, and the brakes have always worked good since then. Before the work, there were no brakes at all. I tried to clean up the original linings, but that only lasted a short time and I was back to hardly any brakes.

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