My '52 Cub has the older, non-linkage style brake bands. Since my brakes were covered with greasy sldge, I decided to pull most of the rear end apart this weekend and replace the differential shaft seals on both ends, and the brake bands.All went well, and I learned a lot about my Cub in the process, but one thing puzzles me. In my Service Manual(Gss-1411W Rev1), on Page 7-3, the sectional view of the rear axles abnd final drive shows the brake drims and bands "closer to the center of the tractor"(Not Centered in the space in the Final Drive Housings). I installed the first band this way, by putting the anchor pin spacer "toward the wheel", and found that to get the brake drum centered in the band, i had to install it so it was only about halfway onto the key. Needless, to say, this was no good, so I reversed the setup, installing the brake bands as far toward the wheel as they could go, with the anchor pin spacers toward the center of the tractor. this centered the brake drums in the bands with the drum basically pushed onto the differemtial shaft as far as it could go. Now she is back together, and all works as it should, except that the shaft on nthe Left Side brake band is about a half an inch too short-if I attach the clevis to the pedal, it loocks the brake, unless I screw the clevis on to the shaft by only about 3/16". 2 questions:
1) Is the drawing in the Service Manual in fact incorrect? I could not find any verbiage about how the spacers and the bands were to be installed, but it seems that if i try to get the bands/drums closer to the center, it just won't work. 2) Any suggestions on why my left shaft might be too short(no dirty jokes, please, my kids may read this!), and how to fix it, or adapt to it? Andy
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