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

[Daniel W. Oehmke]

Thanks guys for the pointers --- will let you know when they break
loose.

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[mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Karl
Olmstead
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [Farmall] F-12 Tinkering --- stuck on brakes

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
--------------
> 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


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