WD 45 Brakes
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Topic: WD 45 Brakes
Posted By: Steve Bright
Subject: WD 45 Brakes
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:02pm
| Going to replace the brakes on a WD 45, Any easy way to accomplish this? Or is it difficult to do? |
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Posted By: HoughMade
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:06pm
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Easy? Not that I know of, but this may help: [TUBE]nKIJNiCH6p8[/TUBE] ------------- 1951 B |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:10pm
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Luck will dictate how hard a job it is. All depends on how badly the bottom pins are stuck, some can be pulled out with your fingers, others have to be cut with a torch. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: Steve Bright
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:17pm
| The reason I will start Tomorrow is because my pins are really stuck |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:22pm
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I hope you have been soaking them for a couple of weeks. Maybe if you have lived a good and wholesome life then they will come right out.
Also you can ignore the video unless you need to replace the drums and that is rare. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:25pm
| Is there any advice when putting them back together that will keep them from sticking again? Maybe some sort of improved designed pin? |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 2:29pm
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Wire brush the holes good, stainless pins and anti-seize ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 3:15pm
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If they are stuck then you'll end up cutting them out a little at a time. Careful not to nip the brake lining brackets. Cut a slice out, pound the pin in, cut some more and repeat until the outside piece is out and gone. The heat from cutting, in my experience, will loosed the inside piece so a visegrips will twist it out of the housing. I made my own puller and it pulled the end of the pins off so that
doesn't always work. Some people have said they drill and tap the end of
the pin and used a slide hammer to pull it out. Allis had, at one time, chromed pins available as replacements which is what I put in my WD. Good luck. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 4:12pm
| Lonn is correct in what he said, new pins can be made useing 3/4 cold rolled and if you have access to a lathe the ends can be turned to look like the originals. I have done several and would advise if you cut the pins to do it outside as there will be lots of smoke from mouse nests even after you blow as much of them out with air before you begine. In my opinion this can be the hardest job you will ever do on one of these tractors but will be most satisfying also. I did one for a guy and charged him $400 plus parts, he was very happy to pay it as he had been useing the tractor for 20 years with no brakes. |
Posted By: REEDE
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 7:24pm
| My son and i did the brakes on our WD late this summer . One pin came out nice , the other had to be cut out with a torch . Insult to injury the brake shoes had worn into the stuck pin. When we finally got the pin out we had hole in a brake drum and a badly nicked up brake shoe. Long story short we learned a new language and some much needed experience . Good luck. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2017 at 8:22pm
| I had pretty good luck by making a plate (thickness of the groove)with a milled slot to fit the groove in the pin 1/2 the Dia. Then using a pickling fork(tie rod tool), beat in from the tail end of the tractor against the axle housing. Make sure you soak the pin good through the brake assy after removing the covers for days before you start. Be patient and have confidence! Best of luck-- Kevin |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2017 at 11:38am
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Take a bunch of progress pictures! We love to see how these things go, as some of us have not had a chance to do this yet! :) Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2017 at 12:15pm
Well Chris if you are looking for some live practice on them old hard to get out pins just come on over I always have one or two WD45's here needing them done and I will let you work on one. lol
 ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
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