Brake Band Troubles? Here's a quick, easy, and permanent fix.

[GeoThom 5]

It's hard to find parts, so sometimes you just have to improvise.

 

Pad gone from your brake band?

 

Here's what you do;

 

With the roughest sanding medium you can find,

Clean the inside of the band until the rust is gone.

 

Find an old leather belt as close to the width of the pulley as possible,

(hopefully not the one you are wearing),

and wipe clean the area that you will use for the new, "pad".

Now use Hide Glue, (new name = Gorilla Glue),

Cut the leather to the needed length, and coat it moderately with glue.

Use several strong clothespins to hold the leather in place while the glue takes hold.

(Take Note, that thicker leather is not better. 3/16" of good leather will last a very long time).

 

Simple Effective Fix.

 

My Commando 8 has had this fix on it for well over 30 years and is still holding.

It stops dead, on any hill I put it on, even with the garden plow or dozer blade attached.

 

No one will ever know it's on there, except for you!

[AMC RULES 37,145]

This guy's a new  vendor here.  

http://www.rmaynard.com/index.html

[bmsgaffer 2,046]

Cool fix! We also have a guy that manufactures inexpensive break band replacements.

 

[rmaynard 15,915]

Can't remember ever having a leather belt that was 3/16" thick.    But that is an ingenious way to fix your brakes. By the way, Gorilla glue is moisture activated urethane glue. Hide glue was actually made from animal hides, and connective tissue rendered from dead animals at the slaughterhouse. Two entirely different types of glue. I recommend silicone adhesive. Remains flexible forever.

[953 nut 57,898]

   Thanks for the hint, I know a guy who used a piece of fire hose glued to the band; it worked too!   

 

 

[chex313 123]

I have an old leather weight lifting belt, that I never threw away...should be the perfect thickness.

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Edited April 5, 2015 by chex313