46' with stuck brake pedal

On my 2N, the brake arm(lever)on the right side goes down and stops the tractor well. (I haven't mastered the ability to use both brakes at once, and really haven't considered it until now) Anyway, once the arm goes down and locks the brakes, it doesn't return. I must manually pull the arm back up for a release.

I tried adjusting the brakes and too no avail.

Is my problem something simple as I suspect, or should I plan on a major expense? I won't be working on this until late September when the grass growing season ceases, but when I take the baby apart I want to be able to get in and out. The tires are filled with Calcium Chloride and too heavy for me do work on alone. I hate the thought of pully them even once, but I am too cheap to pay someone else!

Thanks in advance!

good luck

Ken

Long time ago, I lucked on to a spray can of powdered "moly" lube that I use on all my dry joints because anysort of oil based lube will turn into grinding compound in the tractors natural environment (dirt)

BTW, the trick with calcium weighted tires is: roll 'em but don't let them fall over. Actually, they are not that "heavy", just acqward to handle but get out of the way if they start to fall over. ..... ....Dell

before you tear into it, you might try lubricating the bushing where the inboard end of the brake shaft pivots in the end bell of the axle half. Often overlooked, and if the bushing wears through and collapses, it could be binding up the shaft as you describe. If a spring is broken, the pedal would probably not stay up while driving.

llater,

llamas

phil

The fly I'd like to toss into the ointment though is a problem I ran into with my 8N. My brakes always returned fully. I redid the brakes and made them work wonderfully. Then I lubed everything up nicely. All the linkage contact points. Uh-oh. Now the brake pedals do *not* return as well as they did prior to lubrication! What was the problem? Dunno. That's why I should have said what is the problem. Because I haven't figured it out yet.