[Farmall] F-12 Tinkering --- stuck on brakes

[Karl Olmstead]

Squirt lots of penetrating oil inside and out, heat it up, tighten the 
pulling bolts, and bang on the drum with a large hammer, Dan. 
Unfortunately, the brake shoe almost always breaks, at least in my 
experience.  About the only thing that heat might damage is the seal on the 
brake shaft, and it'll need replacing anyway...

-Karl
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> Can anybody tell me the trick to removing the brake drums on an F-12?
> The manual says to "remove them", which is about as helpful as the other
> common phrase "removal is self-evident.  Actually, this looks pretty
> straight forward, but I'm still sutck.
>
> I have removed the big nut on each shaft. Tried to use two 3/8 bolts in
> the two holes in the right drum to pull it off the splined shaft, but it
> won't budge.  This one has been outside for sometime without the brake
> cover.  Even broke off a grade 8 bolt and called it a day after getting
> that out.   Can I heat the drum around the splines or will that damage
> the shaft?
>
> On a more positive note, I pulled the mag yesterday and tore it down
> enough to replace the coil.  It wasn't starting at all after it had been
> running a while.  Got everything back together and on the tractor pretty
> easily and quickly.  Starts right up when she's hot now.  Problem
> solved.  Amazed at how comfortable I felt with the mag --- Kudos to Carl
> for his CD, which I studied a lot last year.
>
> Dan Oehmke
> Welch, MN