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davyfireball

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I have had this 48 8n for 41 years last summer I decided what the heck. I'm going to work on the brakes. I tore down the back end and went to cleaning found out the axle on the port side was worn and replaced the brake drum also. Scrubbed the shoes with gas and then burned off residue with torch. Put new seals in too. I was in Fl last week and it was 50 at night. Came home and had 11 inches of snow in driveway it was 17 below. The tractor started right up and I started plowing snow. I needed to turn and the front end started to slide. I pushed down on the brake pedal (AND the tractor turned WOW the darn thing work I was amazed. This is nice.
 
I?ve seen and heard a lot of folks complain about the
8n brakes...I always thought when they were clean
and adjusted properly they worked pretty well. I use
an 8n down on some hunting ground that is very
hilly and have had no troubles with stopping. Glad
yours are working like they should.
 
Like any older vehicle, a lot of routine maintenance is required. (tip # 40) More often than not, oil gets on the shoes from over-filling the sump (condensation raises the fluid level) or from parking the tractor on unlevel ground. (the seals were not designed to be immersed in oil).


Same thing w/ adjusting the brakes. That's simply not done on modern vehicles so younger N owners aren't aware of the process.

I always heard the same thing about the mechanical brakes on a Model A Ford. I can assure you that my two will stop just like Henry made them in 1929. That's because the brakes are adjusted every couple of months and every wear part from the pedal to the drum has been replaced. What I hear when someone tells me that the brakes on Model A's weren't any good is " I'm to cheap, lazy or ignorant to fix the brakes."
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