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Looking for help with Adams 511 grader brakes

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pat p

08-24-2006 23:35:48




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My loving wife bought me an Adams 511 grader for my birthday. After rebuilding the gas delivery system and electrical system, I can get the grader to start right up, run well, and go... but it won't stop...

The brake pedal goes to the floor, but the wheels keep turning. I'd rather not have to use the blade to stop.

I have to believe there's a way to adjust the brake pads, but there's nothing obvious.. The lines have been bled and the cylinder seems to be working. My mechanic refuses to work on the brakes, afraid the drums will come flying off. He's knows of others that have had the drums fly across the shop. Makes me a little nervous. Any ideas???

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RustyFarmall

08-25-2006 06:24:19




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 Re: Looking for help with Adams 511 grader brakes in reply to pat p, 08-24-2006 23:35:48  
I have a parts manual for the Adams 512 and 511-12, printed in 1944. I would sell it. E-mail me if you're interested.



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Dale Powell

08-25-2006 06:12:21




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 Re: Looking for help with Adams 511 grader brakes in reply to pat p, 08-24-2006 23:35:48  
I work on a lot of industrial / Const.brakes. If you could email some pix from the front of the drum and the rear of the backing plate, I prolly could help you. I'm not aware of any drums that "fly off."



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Pat P

08-26-2006 18:23:16




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 Re: Looking for help with Adams 511 grader brakes in reply to Dale Powell, 08-25-2006 06:12:21  
Dale,

Sent pics last night. You'll see two bolts with lock nuts at the top of the backplate. I can get the lock nuts loose, but am still working on the bolts. They are above and to either side of the brake line.

I thought the two threaded holes in the drum were 5/8". They're not. A 5/8" bolt floats in there. A 3/4" bolt is too big. I'll have to find something in between. I've never heard of a 11/16" bolt... but I'm still learning.

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noncompos

08-25-2006 16:23:51




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 Re: Looking for help with Adams 511 grader brakes in reply to Dale Powell, 08-25-2006 06:12:21  
Lots of mechanics don't like to get involved with anything unusual, especially if it's out of production; they're unfamiliar with them, worried they'll break or ruin something they can't replace. In the early 60s tried to get shops in Redding, Cal to work on a Carter UU-2 carb (if I remember the number correctly)off a 32 Hupp. They'd take one look, want to know what it was from, and it was like hitting 'em with 220. Had to buy carb solve and do it myself.

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