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MM BF growl

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Irv Plitzuweit

07-22-2003 07:40:54




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Working on restoring a B F and sometimes when turning I get a growl from what appears to be the brake drum on it's cylinder. Any ideas, loosen drum? tighten drum? or what? Thanks




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Kelvin

07-22-2003 18:28:15




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 Re: MM BF growl in reply to Irv Plitzuweit, 07-22-2003 07:40:54  
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you're asking. Does it growl when you apply that side brake?



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Irv Plitzuweit

07-23-2003 07:01:49




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 Re: Re: MM BF growl in reply to Kelvin, 07-22-2003 18:28:15  
When "growl" occurs, if you touch that brake the growl goes away. Tractor has set for a while so maybe drums need to get polished, just a guess



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John McLucas

07-23-2003 08:29:27




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 Re: Re: Re: MM BF growl in reply to Irv Plitzuweit, 07-23-2003 07:01:49  
Drive the tractor in 2nd gear whild holding the brakes for 10 second intervals. Apply brake hard enough to make the governor open up . Do this several times allowing cooling periods in between so as not to overheat and crystalize the brake pads. That should polish the drums and remove rust. If you hear metal to metal sound you need to remove and inspect.



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Kelvin

07-24-2003 18:40:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: MM BF growl in reply to John McLucas, 07-23-2003 08:29:27  
Irv, John has a good idea here. One thing: I would take the brakes apart and inspect the linings before I did that. the linings are literally suspended by 2 springs one to the upper end of each shoe. Since the springs appear to always supply some upward force, the linings might be worn thin somewhere.
There is an adjusting bolt through the tops of each shoe and can be accessed through the top cover.
The actuating rod is adjusted by a nut-probably a locknut that can be accessed through the hole in the rear of the axle housing. The lower linkage/actuating rod can be accessed by removing the cover on the bottom.
I'm not telling you how to remove the park brakes, because I don't remember how. Should become obvious when you look at it.
I do recall that they use pins and a gob of C-clips, but not the regular variety.

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