[Farmall] brake cover

[Mike Sloane]

We would probably be more helpful if we knew what tractor you were 
dealing with, Tom - IH did build more than one model over the years. :-)

Mike

Thomas Hudon wrote:
> This is my first time writing the farmall digest mailing list. This
> is the first time i've never owed a tractor this size. It was given
> to me by a contractor that frquents the lumber and hardware store i
> manage.I have worked on much farm machinery and driven more tractors
> than i can count but have never owned one before. I say that i own it
> but i basically handed it over to my brother for him to use since he
> has more use for it than i do, but it has become a team effort to get
> it running and i will probably find many uses for it when it is. Now
> i'm not afraid to tear into anything mechanical, i've rebuilt many
> automobiles and trucks. My brother and i are really getting into
> fixing the farmall h up so it can at least run, but i'm having a
> awful time taking the right brake cover off. When we first went to
> get the tractor that brake was froze up. After tugging the tractor a
> few feet it broke loose and then the wheel moved freely. We have
> removed the brake rod actuator arm from the cam pin and unbolted the
> cover expecting it to come off. It didn't. After heating up the cover
> around the pin to cherry red and prying and swearing it didn't
> budge.I got a little more aggresive with it with a bigger bar and got
> the pin to move some out of the differential case some which allowed
> me the chance to inspect inside the cover. It's full of rust. the
> only way i can see getting the cover off is to remove the brake band,
> cover and pin all at the same time with alot of prying and
> penetrating oil. Has anyone else been through this delema before?
> Does this seem like a reasonable thing to do? suggestions from
> anybody are more than welcome. Tom Hudon in Crown Point New York. 
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