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					Originally Posted by  Bob Carriere
					 
				 
				Dpoing a brake job on the MF 245 takes a whole different meaning. 
 
The brakes are inboard near the rear end. 
so the tire or tyre with the cast iron center plus the calcium loading in the tire weights near a ton..... 
 
Then one half of the cast axle has to be undone from the rear end. 
 
Now I know why they have overhead steel beams with wheeled devices to lift and move parts around. 
 
The short 1 inch + thick short axle must be near 500 pounds.  Job is done on one side but I am short one O ring about 1/8 by 14 inch dia.  I am improving by moving from the worn out dry brake to multi plate wet brake system. 
 
Tractor was made in the UK....hoping it will not leak like a BSA after the job is done. 
 
Need to get the job done as the tractor is the unofficial tow truck for the CMPs. 
 
Greasy and oily but happy. 
 
Cheers 
			
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 Happy I'm cheep, I have a Belarus and it takes two hours to change the six brake discs in the foot and park brake drums and out in the paddock I still use an air ratchet with the on board compressor and tank.