i have been bleading brakes alone for years. buy 8-10 ft of clear vinyl tubing and put it on your bleeder run the hose uphill and open bleeder, sit in operator seat and slowly pump the brakes and you will see in the tube when the bubbles are gone, you can also recapture the fluid and observe its cleanliness. this will work in any hydraulic brake system. and when there is no bubbles within 1-2 feet of the bleeder than they cannot re enter the system .
A length of hose from the bleeder to a mason jar full of whatever fluid your particular system takes works well when you're alone. Open the bleeder, connect hose to the bleeder, and put other end into the fluid in the jar, and pump the brakes. Air comes out of the hose, fluid gets sucked back in replacing the air. Go until the bubbles stop in the jar.
If you have a brake reservoir tank in the tractor you have to clamp/shut the return line to the gearbox and then open the bleed screws and let the air out. You could run hoses from the bleedscrews to the hydraulic reservoir. Pumping the pedals helps.
Well I didn’t do the video yet, but I bought a lime spreader too. It’s a lot older than the one you got, probably a little tougher. Still no lime. I’m fed up with waiting. 4 different companies and no lime.
Wow, that stinks! It will be nice to have your own. I believe mine was built in 1998. I hope yours needs less repairs than mine! What a nightmare so far....
Can you hook a rubber bungee cord and hook it to the brake pedal and make it tight and open the bleeder and after it goes down tighten it back losses the pedal and so on maybe it will work.
im working on a 385.brakes haven't worked in 5+ years.fixed two large holes in the left and right lines. bleed the brakes with another person just like a car. 2 maybe 3 times of opening and closing the bleeder.the brakes just go straight to the floor.like its building no pressure at all.oil shoots out of both bleeders when the brakes are depressed. any help would be appreciated
In the future could you do bleeding brakes on the 986? Also it would be cool to see the lime spreader you mentioned below being used in the field on the 986.
Here's a question for you, I have a Landini 5560F tractor and haveing issue with the brakes. I'm unable to get any fluid out even after removing the bleeder. Any thoughts?
Good day The 574 I think had a hard steering, someone said there a small screen in front under battery? I think or was that for brakes. My power steering is never real easy, not like 2130 JD, grab center of steering wheel & spin. Thanks
The bake reservoir gets oil from the transmission. I would start by bleeding the brakes. I think I have a video on it. If that doesn’t fix it, you might have a bad brake valve or leaking o rings on the brake pistons
@@PAFarms thanks for the reply. I did some Google Investigating last night and learned all about this brake system. Simple as long as it's not the brake pistons. This was a great help too:. www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/102743-685-brakes-wont-bleed/
On my tractor oil supply comes from oil cooler return line. There is a small orifice screen in this line, plus screens at the inlet tubes to each master cylinder. If you continually lose brakes, you may not be getting enough oil to reservoir. I had to enlarge my orifice with a #60 drill (.040) No orifice means you are dumping oil that is needed for TA and tranny lube. Pay attention to equalizer valve between master cylinders. Loose pedal springs or poor adjustment means not working properly. It must be fully out except when both pedals are pressed. Pressure test the actual brakes on axle before tearing in. My mechanics say these brake pistons and discs hardly ever fail. Run clear plastic hose from bleeder screw into oil filler on rear end. With dump line clamped below brake reservoir, run tractor and brakes should power bleed as the redpower article states.
@@geeyore7726 I actually got it all figured out over the last several weeks. The standpipe in the return line of the reservoir had dropped down and all the seals inside the cylinders were leaking. New cylinders, cleaned everything up, and a fresh bleed on the brakes and its back in business.
Under the steering wheel, just above master cylinders. On some older tractors the reservoir was just a large hose. Trans oil supplied by oil circuit to these brakes.
