Brake pedal lock ever fail?

Rebeldad1 · May 23, 2019

Living on the side of a mountain I often find myself stopping on a grade requiring using the pedal lock.
Always feels like it positively locks and never had a problem.
It does make you think though if you are working around it. Has the HST so I cant leave it in gear but shut off there is always resistance keeping it from free-wheeling.

Have any of you ever had a issue with yours?

TnAndy · May 23, 2019

Yep. When set real hard, steep hill, it wouldn't release....ended up bending the cheap made thing using my foot to jam down on it to get it loose.

Rebuilt it. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar-new/333147-some-things-about-new-yanmars.html?highlight=yanmar

Billrog · May 23, 2019

Been using mine every day for over 3 years never had a problem. 25 years with the last tractor.

For ease of use I made this mod no bending over which is not convenient for something used dozens of times a day.

Oldpath05 · May 24, 2019

Tractors and hills make me nervous to, so when on a bank I always set FEL down fully on ground, plus I also have a pto winch, I always set that down but thats only good to stop rolling backwards which is very important, and then if I'm not climbing right back on I also set the brakes. So between FEL, brakes and pto winch my tractor is staying put while running, then if I shut the tractor off in gear that makes 4 things holding.

Billrog · May 24, 2019

You'll never be sorry for being care full Oldpath05 . One other thing I do is turn the steering wheel so if it does roll it will come up against the nearest tree. If I have some thing I wish to do on the down hill side of the tractor I'll stick a rock in front of the wheel.

Oldpath05 · May 25, 2019

Billrog said:
You'll never be sorry for being care full Oldpath05 . One other thing I do is turn the steering wheel so if it does roll it will come up against the nearest tree. If I have some thing I wish to do on the down hill side of the tractor I'll stick a rock in front of the wheel.

Yes I forgot to mention that, I do the same thing, good point......

Lockport · May 27, 2019

My 2011 Bobcat CT235 began releasing its parking brake from the vibration of idling to warm up this winter. I adjusted the linkage and it still released. I've adjusted it one more time and it seems to have ceased. I would assure to pay close attention to the brake lock adjustment procedure.