How Difficult Is It To Overhaul The Brakes?

mikefoxo · Post #1 by **mikefoxo** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:40 pm

We have an old JCB 3 Mk II and the brakes are nearing the end (about 20 years ago

). How much of a job would it be to overhaul them? Can you go in through the top like with the clutch?

philwheelton · Post #2 by **philwheelton** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:08 am

If you take the floor plates up the brakes are at the top of the half shaft housings just undo the 9/16 af headed bolts on the end plates slacken the adjusters off (3/4 af ) there are 2 brake plates with the expander in between them,It's not too much of a hard job you might need some easing oil to get the clevis pins out.

TEZB · Post #3 by **TEZB** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:24 pm

I did the brakes on my 3c a couple of year's ago and is well worth doing, if you go on the Leyland/Nuffield forum there are quite a few thread's on brakes

rocky_robin · Post #4 by **rocky_robin** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:09 pm

As suggested above. Give all the brake shafts a good grease whilst you are underneath as mine was seized solid when I went into fix my brakes!

Remember that asbestos was about 20/30 years ago, so wear a mask, etc when cleaning out the housing. I had a lot of dust in mine.

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