On the hundred series fords, the axle seal can fail and let oil into the brakes, but besides brake pads that are worn, or incorrectly adjusted, the only other problem is when the actuating cam on the end of the shaft that comes through the backing plate and is what expands the pads, it gets worn from use, the wear on those ends is from metal against metal, have to carefully build em up with weld and re-shape so that the pedal is stiff, too much and you can't get the drum back on.
I rebuilt the brakes on my 850, with the hills around here you have no choice, however, they're so good they easily lock up when in the field, and most times you'll slide, using too low of a gear does the same thing, not a major project if those axle seals are good, they can be hard to get out and replaced, just more work to do.
I never liked the old equipment, brakes no good mentality, especially where in many cases they're easily repaired, used to see a lot of that with heavy equipment, like older pay loaders and scrapers, well those you can just use the bowl, can recall one time where on a case W series loader, the system just needed fluid and the air bled out of them, nice to have when the machine is getting a lot of use, also a safety concern
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