Discovered my MF200's handbrake is rusted in the 'on' position. Both the button in the handle, and the ratchet pawl appear to be seized. The rod between the two fractured, that's how I know they're both stuck.
The handle seems to have been given a really good hard pull at some point as it can't be raised any further easily, except with a pry bar.
Sure I'll get it loose given time & elbow grease but I'm wondering - could the handbrake being stuck hard on like this, be causing the problem I'm having with the right hand steering lever having no effect whilst the left lever works fine?
My other thread 'MF200 how to adjust skid steering' comes up blank (although it's ok in Classic View, only blank in Modern View) - pretty sure the root cause is a partially redacted link I included to a pdf diagram which might have been seen as spam. Sorry to Admin for that, was only intended to try & illuminate my post but will be more careful of the TOS in future. Classic View won't let me delete the troublesome link :-(
As far as I can tell without a manual, the steering lever linkages outside of the drive case seem fine & all intact, both operate ok in a similar fashion to each other.
The handle seems to have been given a really good hard pull at some point as it can't be raised any further easily, except with a pry bar.
Sure I'll get it loose given time & elbow grease but I'm wondering - could the handbrake being stuck hard on like this, be causing the problem I'm having with the right hand steering lever having no effect whilst the left lever works fine?
My other thread 'MF200 how to adjust skid steering' comes up blank (although it's ok in Classic View, only blank in Modern View) - pretty sure the root cause is a partially redacted link I included to a pdf diagram which might have been seen as spam. Sorry to Admin for that, was only intended to try & illuminate my post but will be more careful of the TOS in future. Classic View won't let me delete the troublesome link :-(
As far as I can tell without a manual, the steering lever linkages outside of the drive case seem fine & all intact, both operate ok in a similar fashion to each other.