[AT] Case VAC/Now tractor brake mods

[charlie hill]

This brings up something I've been thinking about.  It might not be 
appropriate for a restoration but I wonder if anyone has ever modified or 
thought about modifying tractor brakes by adding truck drum brakes or some 
heavy automotive disc brakes.  I don't think it would be all that hard to 
do.  It wouldn't be pretty but it should work.  I bet someone somewhere has 
tried it.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Easley, Greg" <EasleyG at health.missouri.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:12 AM
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> '48 model will have mechanically-actuated disk brakes.  They're pretty
> well worthless even when all the parts are in good condition.  The brake
> cover carries the actuator and moveable backing plate, disk is splined
> to the pinion shaft, pinion carrier serves as the fixed backing plate.
> Typically you will find leaking pinion seals, glazed backing plates,
> worn out disk linings, and lots of wear where the balls fit on the
> moveable backing plate.  Don't be surprised if one or both moveable
> backing plates are cracked or broken.  Don Livingston
> (manifold at smig.net)
> has new lining material for the disks.
>
> Greg
> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416
>
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> rdhaskell at juno.com
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>
> Hi all.
> Now I would like some information on brakes.  The ones on this tractor
> work so little  you really have to look closely to notice if they work
> at all.  This is a 1948 model and has been parked for many years, what
> advise do you have before I just start taking things apart?
>
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California
> USA
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