E27n Fordson Broken Brake Pivot

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I'm sad,

The left side brake on the e27n has always been "grabby", and since it's such a nice summer day I thought I would dig into it and see what might be a miss.

Turns out the main pivot stud is broken off at the mounting stud threads.
I just got it all apart and half cleaned up. The piece is mounted in the lathe four jaw chuck, I'm going to drill and tap it for 1/2-20 to replace the missing stud.

Also going to spend a little time looking for a replacement. But it looks like the Fordson Diesel Major brakes are different. Two studs instead of one.

Oh well, tractors!

 

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Well, The stud is all repaired and bolted tight to the backing plate.

I only snapped off two 3/8 in dia. cap screws getting access/ '-(

Fortunately each left a short stub protruding from the cast iron/ The smoke wrench should have an easy time of it,,,,tomorrow!

I'm tuckered out from all that clambering around.

 

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All back together again.

I'm getting to old to be crawling around, up, over and under old tractors in the yard. I guess I should be happy it's not a little one that would be harder to get under.

Boy , did I ever use the gas heating up those broken cap screws! But they did come free. So all is well.