RJ Hamner 1,011 #1 Posted September 11, 2020 I had ordered a bunch of parts for the 416-8 project and got around to do some work and I noticed that the "brand new in the bag" PTO brake from Toro was miss made. If you look at the picture you will see that the rivet heads are almost even with the top of the brake pad. To say the least I was a little upset at $23 each I have always ordered a new brake for each of the tractors that I have restored and until now had never had a problem. The more I thought about it I wondered if I could rebuild one cheaper and or better so.......... I ordered the non woven brake material and some rivets. Went through a bunch of material trying to get the countersink just right then went though a fair number of rivets trying to get a nice "set" or one that didn't look like a third grader did it. After I got everything corrected I was still not satisfied with the end product. The brake material did not want to stay flush with the bracket. I had another brilliant (debatable) idea. I had put a new brake lining from Bob Maynard on one of the tractors and still had a tube of the cement he recommended (GOOP). Put a nice healthy coat of the stuff on the bracket and the material and clamped it in the vice for 24 hours. The end product looks real good and I have tried to tear it back off without any luck. So now for the end result.....I payed $22 for 4 foot of the material that comes out to 64, 3/4" pieces or roughly $0.35 each and the "left overs" from the big tube of Goop equaling $0.?? at most 5 minutes in the blast cabinet and 24 hours in the vice.......a heck of a lot cheaper that $23 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,141 #2 Posted September 11, 2020 ...and factor in how many man hours? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RJ Hamner 1,011 #3 Posted September 11, 2020 Probably about an hour total. Being retired that doesn’t account for much 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #4 Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, RJ Hamner said: Probably about an hour total. Being retired that doesn’t account for much 31 minutes ago, AMC RULES said: ...and factor in how many man hours? A lifetime lost watching the MS blue screen of death. and are you sure you want to delete that. Edited September 11, 2020 by bcgold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuneup 1,433 #5 Posted September 12, 2020 Beijing quality. Yours made in USA. Enough said... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
