Brake drum install on MF135

Problem is now I can't get the brake drum back over the shoes. With the adjuster zeroed and all pieces in place, there is no way for the drum to slip over the shoes. I've tried every which way to get the drum on and there just isn't room for the shoes inside. Is there a trick somewhere I'm not catching - or could I have picked up an oversize set of shoes? I didn't have the drum turned since it was in good condition.

Anyone have an idea?

Thanks - Jeff

BTW, where did you find a parts book for the UK model??

Bob

I figured that if the MF shop here had brake shoes on hand for a UK model 135, they probably could get me a UK parts manual too - so I asked the parts guy to look it up and he told me that he could get me one in a week to ten days. I still don't have it (will be a week Wednesday) but I expect he'll be able to get one if he was able to find a part number for the manual. Evidently they and the UK operator's manual are still available. We'll see. BTW, the shop manual is the same for both versions - only the operator's and parts manuals are different. - Jeff

A parts book and operators manual (UK) are available for this model and will be required for the continual cross-checking of parts numbers to ensure that this problem doesn't recur.

Thanks for the responses on the board and on email. Anybody have any experience with a Brit model 135? - boomer

The shoes are stamped RE 830-480-M92 (Taiwan) which matches up with the part number in my MF parts manual. I just assumed that since the shoe fits a number of MF (35, 50, 135, 150 230 et al) that the holes couldn't match up with all the different hubs. Sounds like it might be a $80 mistake. I'm going to take a shoe over to the MF dealer and compare them - AND order the right shoes for the tractor....

thanks - jeff