Diff lock or steering brakes on 520h

[homegrownusa 4]

Has anybody tried to diy steering brakes or diff lock on a 520h or any wheel horse with similar transmission? 

[ebinmaine 68,887]

@Greentored Scott... 

[pfrederi 18,004]

D Series had steering brakes on a sunstrand hydro.  They were a disc mounted between the hub and the axle housing.  They were independent of the hydro unit so i wold guess you could adapt them to a Eaton or even an 8 spd

[littleredrider 409]

I’d like to try something like this. Dunno how many times get too far off driveway n get stuck. One wheel on snow/ice, the other on dry blacktop. If can find a disc to fit the bolt pattern, could use a go-cart caliper for the brake. 

[pfrederi 18,004]

 

[DennisThornton 4,769]

I have both locking diff and steering brakes on my New Holland and I use them quite a bit.  I'd love to have both on all my working tractors!

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,137]

Have often thought about how to do it.

Changed the brake rotors on the wife's Camry. The rears are not vented and the bolt pattern is the same but have a drum on the inside for parking brake shoes. I think they would slip over the tractor hubs just like on the car. No doubt the OD would have to be reduced to get a go-kart caliper inside the wheel. Brake linkage to the left side is already there. Just need one straight back on the right and a pedal. Hardest part is likely coming up with a solid mount for the caliper.

 

Garry

[ebinmaine 68,887]

1 hour ago, gwest_ca said:

Hardest part is likely coming up with a solid mount for the caliper

A sturdy bracket off the rear square area which could include the hitch would work well .. I think. 

[8ntruck 7,183]

59 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

A sturdy bracket off the rear square area which could include the hitch would work well .. I think. 

Sounds like a good place to start.

 

Is the thickness of the Camry discs comparable with the go cart calipers?  Would not be surprised if they would need to be thinner as well as smaller diameter.

[ebinmaine 68,887]

7 hours ago, gwest_ca said:

go-kart caliper inside the wheel.

Perhaps you could bolt it to the INSIDE face of the wheel hub. 

Use lug bolts to hold it. 

[953 nut 56,181]

You don't have too much room to work with between the rims and the gas tank for turning brakes.    @stevasaurus, couldn't a limited slip differential from a late '60s or early '70s  be used in an Eaton?

[stevasaurus 22,914]

@953 nut  I doubt that it would work in an Eaton, but I have not been in one.  Would a Wheel Horse transaxle bolt to the existing hrdro pump??  

[RandyLittrell 3,885]

On 2/3/2021 at 10:20 AM, gwest_ca said:

Have often thought about how to do it.

Changed the brake rotors on the wife's Camry. The rears are not vented and the bolt pattern is the same but have a drum on the inside for parking brake shoes. I think they would slip over the tractor hubs just like on the car. No doubt the OD would have to be reduced to get a go-kart caliper inside the wheel. Brake linkage to the left side is already there. Just need one straight back on the right and a pedal. Hardest part is likely coming up with a solid mount for the caliper.

 

Garry

 

You could use studs instead of wheel bolts and bolt them to the backside of the hub to gain some room. 

 

 

Randy

 

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

On 2/4/2021 at 12:40 PM, stevasaurus said:

@953 nut  I doubt that it would work in an Eaton, but I have not been in one.  Would a Wheel Horse transaxle bolt to the existing hrdro pump??  

I thought the transaxles are ALL "UNI-DRIVE" whether manual or hydro??? and the PUMPS were either "Sundstrand" or "EATON" that powered the Transaxles.

[pfrederi 18,004]

3 hours ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

I thought the transaxles are ALL "UNI-DRIVE" whether manual or hydro??? and the PUMPS were either "Sundstrand" or "EATON" that powered the Transaxles.

The Transaxles for hydros are much simpler than gear obviously but there are differences between the transaxle housings used on the different hydros.  Even with Sunstrands different case housings were used between Hydro gear and piston to piston.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

This caught my attention:

Obviously tracks but might work for wheels.