Dear bertsmobile1, thanks for your help. I will try to clean it. But do you think that this break on would affect the normal operation of the tractor ? Because it works pretty well when i cut the grass. Regards
Thanks,
You are correct in the assumption that if it drives OK the the brake is not on.
However are you sure it is driving OK
I get the odd mower come in that has a partially locked brake but because the engine can overpower it the owner does not realise it is on.
When you go to push it , your 1 man power can not do what the engines ?? Hp can do, so we need to cover a few bases.
Other than that you will need to get the mower up in the air and check that the bypass rod is actually moving the bypass lever on the box.
Sometimes the rods connecting the bypass lever can come off or bend because the lever rarely gets used so rusts in the closed position.
It is on the right side , front of the box about 3" long.
It will only move about a 1/2 turn at most, a lot only move 15 deg.
Check it can move ant the control rod is actually moving it.