[AT] Brake band material

[John Hall]

It probably would, providing one  knew exactly where to drill the hole. In 
my case, I had to make new bands, they are about 18-24 inches in dia. I 
roughly laid them out with the same number of holes/pattern as the original 
and then drilled them with a hand drill. Then I clamped the lining in place 
( must have used 15 or more clamps!) and drilled it. One other note about my 
situation is that the rivets I was using were solid copper T-head. I had to 
have them to achieve the proper look on the outside of the band--everythings 
is exposed adn you never know when the correct police will come by. I'm 
thinking brake band/clutch rivets may have a taper on the stem side of the 
head, therefore requiring a tool to match.

I had to put a clutch in my 12-20  Case about 8 years ago. I seem to 
remember just countersinking those holes. Definetly a simple tractor to 
change the clutch in! I think there was only 4 bolts and 1 pin to remove to 
get the clutch out.

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Brake band material


> Would a Forstner bit do the job?  Make that the first operation and then 
> do
> the through hole after the counterbore is done and there is a centering 
> hole
> in place?  Just a suggestion.
>
> Larry
>
>