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Re: Re: farmall letter-series brakes
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Posted by dnoha on October 30, 2001 at 10:57:21 from (205.245.122.225):
In Reply to: Re: farmall letter-series brakes posted by Slappy on October 30, 2001 at 03:47:25:
I'll second the warning about non-IH brake bands. I bought my '49 Cub from a used tractor dealer. Brakes weren't working so I had the dealer replace them before buying the Cub. The left brake rod separated from the brake band when I was adjusting the length of the rod. I was using about as much force as you'd use to screw the top off a plastic drink bottle. The right brake rod separated from the brake band when I was braking with moderate force. Both separated at the junction of the rod and band. The parts were total crap. I called the dealer to confirm the parts weren't IH, and he said they weren't and it wasn't his problem that they broke. (I only halfway agreed with him so he is now my ex-supplier.) I repaired one of the crappy ones with a small bolt and it works fine. I replaced the other with a genuine IH brakeband purchased from my IH dealer. There is a noticable difference in the quality of the IH part relative to the crappy part even though there is no material cost difference. You can press on that sucker as hard as you want and it ain't coming apart. The cost of a brake job is the time, not the cost of the parts. The friendly IH service folks tell me it is a two hour job per side just to replace the bands and that's about what it took me. If you're paying someone else to do it, make sure they use genuine IH. Otherwise you're going to be paying them to do it every time you use or adjust your brakes. (Note:I can't say all aftermarket parts are crap, I only have experience with one aftermarket manufacturers brake bands. And they might have been a bad lot. Whatever. I buy genuine IH now.)
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