Re: Need Help: F-12 Brake Drum Removal

Posted by Pale Rider on April 25, 2005 at 02:13:54 from (207.200.116.203):

In Reply to: Need Help: F-12 Brake Drum Removal posted by Dan Oehmke on April 24, 2005 at 20:09:24:

You know Dan....I had the same problem when I first got mine home. The left wheel was frozen, a fact the previous owner "had forgot about". I remember how the spikes dug into the gravel the moment it slid off the trailer as I tried to winch it back into the garage. It certainly set a tone of doubt as to the whole project as I wondered how to get the thing out of the way if this didn't work out as I had planned.

I strove mightily after removing that large nut you spoke of, no small task in itself as I needed to buy a 1 5/8 special air socket and used a huge cheater bar on a 3/4 ratchet. After removal the drum seemed as solidly fixed as before. I remember straining and prying until I was sure I'd destroy the workings I knew lay within the drum. In the end the fix was remarkably simple and which I hit upon only after failing to literaly "break" it loose with a pry bar. As I lay there panting with an mounting sense of alarm, I looked at the linkage that was used to set the brake. I took a large vise grips and clamping the pivot that the linkage rotated on I spun the linkage as if i were releasing the brake. Counter clockwise if I remember right but check for yourself to be sure. It was rusty but rotated with surprising ease. After that, the drum came off with very little resistance. The shoes were locked against the side of the drum and rusted in position. Possibly for decades. Once rotated back to the release position my problems were solved.

It was the first thing I did to that old tractor and seemed like a huge mile stone. I hope it works for you as well.

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