Paddington
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- Location
- Soggy Shropshire
Ballpark figure for replacing footbrake and handbrake shoes and fitting new clutch, or do I scrap it ?
IH 574 workshop charges
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multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
750£ maybe, how good is the tractor? If you scrap it what would you buy instead?
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
be over £1000 for all that done
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Footbrakes arnt too bad its the handbrake which will swallow labour
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I forgot about handbrake
And is a waste of time fixing anyway!!
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
can be done through the side, but need fingers made of steel, I have done a few that way, It's getting the old cotter pins out with your fingers that the problem
REStracTORATION
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Yes if only
They were useing the chinese cheap split pins back then that are easy to bend
Not my fav job i will be honest
Campbell
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Have you asked Buftons?
Zebbedee
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- Location
- Scotland in the best bit
If
you are lucky someone may have replaced split pins with little r pins when last done, we used r pins from local ford car garage from brake calliper I think makes life easier also had a tool made which was a wedge that caught on the head of pin them hammer it on to shear the split pin and draw out the pin from band, worked most of the time but a hateful job, if you had never done one almost as well taking the lid of easy then.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Did you get it fixed in the end @Paddington ?
Paddington
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- Location
- Soggy Shropshire
No, it's still stuck in the shed waiting for it to cure itself.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Sounds like you need to pile some junk on top of it for a few yearsNo, it's still stuck in the shed waiting for it to cure itself.
Campbell
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Doesn't want new clutch as well, by any chance
- Location
- North West Wales
What you need is a thinish wire rope to loop into the end of the pin, wrap it around a metal bar and lever it from the outside!!!
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Mine has been in the shed for about 2 years using the same repair method. I'll let you know if it ever does fix itself.No, it's still stuck in the shed waiting for it to cure itself.
Get a precision engineer to make a stainless steel thimble or two to suit your strongest finger/s and leave off the cap so you can get a feel for where the split pins , works for me and surprising how many jobs you can use them for afterwards it's still a bitch of a job, fit a buzzer to switch and it will last a lifetime !