[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[Dean VP]

Charlie,

That story sure brings back some memories.  I chuckle now about his conservative use of the throttle on the tractor. I do things like that now as I've become ancient. However, this can be taken too far.  I had to re-train my wife about how much throttle was needed on a JD Garden Tractor. For some reason she thought it was best to run at about 3/4 full throttle while mowing. Not as intended.  But what really got her in trouble with me for a while was when I had strange acting main belt on the GT.  If one started up the GT with the tractor at full throttle it would start up fine, but if the GT was running at anything less than full throttle it would throw the belt. The belt  wound around several belt pulley's and idlers on the deck and was a real PITA to get back on.  So when the belt was thrown bad words would occur. I never could figure out what was wrong with that belt but didn't replace it like I should have because it was a $60 plus belt.  And if one stated up at full throttle it always stayed on.  I lived with it a few years. Then it finally broke. Put a new JD belt on and it can be started at any speed.  Don't know what was wrong with the old one but my guess was it must have been a tad long or had been made the day after a long holiday.  

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

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From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 6:23 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes

Steve the first time I used my uncles 35 to cultivate soy beans,
I got to the end of the first two rows pulling the rolling cultivator
and tried to do what I had seen the other guys do.  I pulled up the
lift lever and stood up on the right wheel brake as hard as I would
have needed to on our Allis D-10.   The Massey turned around so fast
that the first time around I missed the end of the next two rows and
had to go all the way around again making a 540 deg turn instead of a 180.
That time I got it right.  My uncle was standing at the other end of the
field shaking his head!   He was old school and would have come to a 
complete
stop, lifted the cultivators and then slowly made the turn.  He didn't much
like the way I drove his tractor.  I wasn’t hurting it but in his mind I was 
but
he didn't say anything.  Just shook his head.

He always ran the tractor with the throttle set at the line on the 
tachometer for
"PTO".  He said don't run it wide open.  I told him that is what the 
governor was for.
He didn't much like that either.  grins.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:58 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes

charlie hill wrote:
> Back in the days when I was a boy on the farm I was always
> amazed at how well the brakes on my uncles MF 35 deluxe worked.
> When working the tractor at 2 row width you could hit  the petal and
> that wheel would stop dead in it's tracks and the tractor would pivot
> around it.  It was almost as good as a carnival ride to a 10 year old
> boy.
>
> I've thought many times I'd like to figure out a way to retrofit disc
> brakes onto one of my D-14's just to see if it would work.
>
> Charlie
>

The 35 Deluxe I have will do that IF the axle seals don't leak into the
drums! The old F-20 will spin you around right smartly BUT don't try
stopping a heavy load on a hill, you run out of hands REAL fast...

-- 
Steve W.
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