KirklandMike
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I'm trying to understand / fix the brakes on my Craftsman lawn tractor.
The understand part is that every place I've found pictures/video/instructions covers adjustments using nuts on a threaded rod - even the sites that show what appears to be the same brake assembly as mine. I don't appear to have this system to adjust. I assume this is because of the model with combined clutch and brake, but I just wanted to check to see if I'm crazy. Is this approach normal for some models?
The fix part is that I need to replace some parts in the brake assembly. I would probably replace the whole thing if I could find it at a reasonable price. I'm not absolutely certain if I have everything identified properly - mostly on the transaxle schematic on the Parts Direct site, but some parts may be on the ground drive part. Is there anywhere to buy a complete assembly? Less than the $67 that's currently in the shopping cart? I'll be double checking what I have chosen in any case. Are the parts that are shown with a single number with 2 pieces (pins and brake pads) indeed two for the price shown?
Without a rod that can be adjusted, it looks like the brakes are more likely to get out of whack - which is what's happened to mine - although perhaps if I'd looked harder sooner I might have found information about adjusting the disk brakes themselves (not user adjustable according to the manual), and had fewer issues.
Thanks
Mike
The understand part is that every place I've found pictures/video/instructions covers adjustments using nuts on a threaded rod - even the sites that show what appears to be the same brake assembly as mine. I don't appear to have this system to adjust. I assume this is because of the model with combined clutch and brake, but I just wanted to check to see if I'm crazy. Is this approach normal for some models?
The fix part is that I need to replace some parts in the brake assembly. I would probably replace the whole thing if I could find it at a reasonable price. I'm not absolutely certain if I have everything identified properly - mostly on the transaxle schematic on the Parts Direct site, but some parts may be on the ground drive part. Is there anywhere to buy a complete assembly? Less than the $67 that's currently in the shopping cart? I'll be double checking what I have chosen in any case. Are the parts that are shown with a single number with 2 pieces (pins and brake pads) indeed two for the price shown?
Without a rod that can be adjusted, it looks like the brakes are more likely to get out of whack - which is what's happened to mine - although perhaps if I'd looked harder sooner I might have found information about adjusting the disk brakes themselves (not user adjustable according to the manual), and had fewer issues.
Thanks
Mike