d14 brakes

while I was pulling the final drive out, I was going nice and slow and expecting something to go wrong, things were going to easy.  I was just about past the threads on the studs and all of a sudden there was this loud noise, I froze up, couldn't move, what was that....air compressor kicked on, just about gave me a heart attack!!!

back to the brakes, I was able to clean the shoes with some acetone and bake them on my wood pellet stove to get the grease out (should be good for another year any way, (finances don't permit getting them now).  It almost looks like it has a double seal?  I noticed they have different seals for serial number 19001 and lower.  my tractor is a 1960 so it's past that serial number.  guess I'll find out at the bearing shop this morning.  I can read the number on the seal so hopefully it's an easy find, unlike the 5020!!!!  The little 5020 has be a bit gun shy when I have to get parts.  ain't no fun going to a parts store, asking about a part and they look at ya like ya 3 heads!

well, it looks like somebody put 2 seal together? one side done and now the brake works.....have the other brake shoes baking, yummy!!! what a beautiful smell, axle grease cooking...

jaybmiller wrote: hmm now that you're the 'expert' , I've got 3 D-14s here that need your talent..... sad thing is yours probably is CLEAN compared to what I'll see....yuck... sigh.... I know, I'll get around to at least one side of one of them, maybe, this summer Kinda hard to get motivated when it's 33*F here though !!! Jay

we've had temps in the 40/50's but 50 mph winds and rain.  glad I have a 2 car garage.  the 5020 on one side with the front end tore apart, the d14 on the other with the rear end tore apart!!!!  If ya were closer I'd be glad to help..

Gary Burnett wrote: You need another tractor and a bigger garage of course

defiantly a bigger garage!!! maybe another tractor that is harder to find parts for than the 5020, just to make it sporting!!!

Gary Burnett wrote: dt1050 wrote: Gary Burnett wrote: You need another tractor and a bigger garage of course defiantly a bigger garage!!! maybe another tractor that is harder to find parts for than the 5020, just to make it sporting!!! I can find out about the UTB 800 I used to own,it was the only one I could find in North America.Be right up your alley.

be about right.lol

I'm just hoping to make it through a few projects I need the machine for and by then I should have enough saved up to put new brakes on.  I cooked them on the pellet stove until no oil came out of them..  Now I'm not sure I put the axle seals in the right direction, so I might be doing this again sooner than I thought  The good thing about the d14 is the engine holds ya back when going down a hill (one of the reasons I was looking for a d series), that should help save the brakes.

Edited by dt1050 - 10 May 2017 at 4:07am

Don't put it back together with the old oil soaked linings. The lingings are very cheap. I bought mine through the agco dealer. I'd like to say it cost like 30 dollars. That come with the rivets. I know you say money is tight. I never religned a set before either but it was very easy to do. I borrowed a neighbors riveter but you can do it with a couple punches and a helper