No brakes!!!
2 days ago I was rolling up to the hay ring on a slight down hill with a bale on the spear going slow thank God , hit the brakes and both pedals bottomed out. Luckily I had presence of mind enough to cut the wheel and head the tractor back up hill to level ground. I got the twine off and the bale in the ring, then headed back to my shop. I suspected a line rupture or some other breach but found the reservoir full when I pulled the RH side cover off. Further investigation showed no leaks anywhere. The only damage I saw was torn boots on both brake cylinders but again no fluid loss. I had the pedals locked together and once I separated them I found that vigorous pumping of the left brake pedal yielded enough pressure to get a pedal back and enough stopping power for one application that would stop the tractor with that side. The RH pedal will not build any pressure. So I called Kubota and bought 2 new brake cylinders to the tune of $404.00 shipped. I had to beat the pins out of the clevises but other than that the disassembly was uneventful. Kubota shop manager said he never saw both fail at once. He also told me initially he thought it might be internal failure which runs into big money to fix but no fluid loss tenatively rules that out. So long story short on my break from work this week I will complete the reassembly and attempt to bleed the brakes and hopefully get some brakes back on the tractor... I have the new cylinders about 1/2 installed. Any help or advice is most welcome. Thanks in advance.
2 days ago I was rolling up to the hay ring on a slight down hill with a bale on the spear going slow thank God , hit the brakes and both pedals bottomed out. Luckily I had presence of mind enough to cut the wheel and head the tractor back up hill to level ground. I got the twine off and the bale in the ring, then headed back to my shop. I suspected a line rupture or some other breach but found the reservoir full when I pulled the RH side cover off. Further investigation showed no leaks anywhere. The only damage I saw was torn boots on both brake cylinders but again no fluid loss. I had the pedals locked together and once I separated them I found that vigorous pumping of the left brake pedal yielded enough pressure to get a pedal back and enough stopping power for one application that would stop the tractor with that side. The RH pedal will not build any pressure. So I called Kubota and bought 2 new brake cylinders to the tune of $404.00 shipped. I had to beat the pins out of the clevises but other than that the disassembly was uneventful. Kubota shop manager said he never saw both fail at once. He also told me initially he thought it might be internal failure which runs into big money to fix but no fluid loss tenatively rules that out. So long story short on my break from work this week I will complete the reassembly and attempt to bleed the brakes and hopefully get some brakes back on the tractor... I have the new cylinders about 1/2 installed. Any help or advice is most welcome. Thanks in advance.
