OK I've had a chance to play around some. It's hard to do too much on a rainy day in the garage.... Is it possible I have the belt too tight? Here's what's happening... I adjusted the distance between the collar and yoke, and I think it's about .020. I started the tractor up got looking underneath and watched the collar slide back and forth when I applied the brake/clutch. I guess that answered my earlier question. The engine had to be running. So now, I put it in 1st with the engine low throttle. I put on the brake, the left wheel locks tight, but the right just keeps on chugging, slam into neutral real quick so I don't hit my truck. Rinse and repeat... Is it possible when I reconnected the yoke I did something to the brake? Or do I have the belt too tight that the drive shaft is overpowering the brake? I really need my brakes because here in West Virginia there isn't such a thing as flat ground, so brakes come in handy