Super H Brakes

[Ron Penrod]

Has anyone retrofitted car disc brakes on to a Super H? Tired of always not having any brakes. Not a show tractor. Used on a small farm.

 

[rustyfarmall]

(quoted from post at 05:41:08 07/03/12) Has anyone retrofitted car disc brakes on to a Super H? Tired of always not having any brakes. Not a show tractor. Used on a small farm.

Never heard of it, or seen it, but I like the idea.

 

[sflem849]

I haven't had too many problems with my SMTA. The only problem I had was my fault because the drain hole was plugged and it runied the left side brake. If you have good balls and clean ramps they seem to work well. Take the shine off the discs and good to go.

 

[Dean Olson]

I've seen it done on pulling tractors. Check with the guys on the pulling forum.

I understand your frustration. BUT the factory disc brakes on both my SH's,SC's, and 300 will flat lock up the tires and release easily. They all now work perfect. AFTER I learned how to work on them I like them much better than the band brakes.

The key for me was, thanks to the guys on this forum, to have the drums milled to allow for proper clearance to compensate for the wear of the bull pinion retainer, expanders, and drum surfaces.

Research the forums on how to rebuild the factory brakes. I suspect it will be cheaper and easier to fix what you've got.