[Farmall] Looking for 340 parts

[Mike Sloane]

The good news is that you can disassemble and replace the brake disks 
with little more than a ratchet wrench and socket - 6 bolts and 
everything comes apart more or less easily, depending only on how much 
crud is on the splined shafts. At worst, it is an hour per side. A 
little more difficult is turning back the threaded pieces so that you 
can adjust them properly - some good penetrating oil and some elbow 
grease is in order. You need 4 brake discs, and they run about $10 each, 
depending on where you get them from. The static pressure pads are 
usually a little rusty and can use some fine sandpaper or similar to 
clean them up. Unless one of the three springs is broken in the pressure 
pad assembly, I would not suggest disassembling them, but just clean 
everything up and put it all back together. There are rubber grommets 
that keep the worst of water and animals out of the brake housings, and 
if they are missing/ruined, they are available from Case IH. The manuals 
are not clear on this, but there should be a threaded hole in the bottom 
of each of the housings that should be left open for drainage - someone 
had installed a screw in one of mine, which permitted water to remain 
inside.

As far as the clutch pedal and foot boards, I haven't checked my parts 
manuals, but I am afraid that those parts on the 340 are not the same as 
any other similar tractor. My parts CD doesn't have a way of doing that 
kind of search, but the Case IH dealer's system does. There is even a 
difference between the 340 row crop and the 340 utility in that area. 
You can probably use virtually any similar spring for a return spring, 
as it is not a critical item as long as it works - check with a decent 
hardware store or non-chain auto parts store. Or look in 
<www.mscdirect.com>. I would not bother with a used spring unless you 
get desperate - a used spring is probably stretched out and will likely 
break soon anyway. If you need part numbers for anything, contact me 
off-line.

Mike

br549 at hemc.net wrote:
> I just got my 340 home Saturday night (with zero problems even using 
> an old truck and "following the sun" to get home). It looks pretty good 
> (recent repaint) but on closer inspection, needs some TLC. 
> 
> The parking brake latch was frozen (now working) but the brakes 
> hardly work themselves. Is a brake job difficult or costly? I also 
> noticed that the left footrest was bent and looking closely I found the 
> rear bracket was bent, the clutch pedal was rewelded and bent and 
> the front bracket was bent and broken. I sourced a clutch pedal, think 
> I can straighten the rear bracket but need the front bracket and return 
> spring. Are there any other models (240? 330? 460?) that have the 
> same footrest arrangement and might have the parts I need (if 
> someone out there can't put me in touch with the parts)? 
> 
> Thanks for all the great info and help thus far...
> 
> 
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