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Originally Posted by three4rd
Hi Yosemite,
LOL...you mean you actually never use the pedal? I can't quite imagine driving it that way.
It's just different than it used to be in the way it brakes, especially when going down an incline in reverse. The only way to get it stopped is to grab the shift and get to forward asap. With the pedal alone, I'd slide right down the hill. So something is still not right. I don't want to overdo it on the jam nuts since the brakes should not engage before a minimum of 3/4 inch from the stop, which is about where I have it now. The best way I can describe it is like when they refer to a car brake pedal as being "spongy". The brake doesn't engage firmly - the pedal still flexes quite a bit. I don't recall it being that way before.
Keith
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I use the brake pedal some on my hydro tractors, but I'm still pretty new to them (only started using them a year ago--always had a gear tractor), so some of it may be reflex, I'm so used to using the clutch. But I still find it easy to step on the brake to stop the tractor when I need to get off to open a gate or pick up a branch.
I'd continue to take up slack in the brake linkage until the brakes hold the tractor the way you want. As long as it goes into neutral when you press on the brake pedal, it'll be fine.