Rhinovangogh
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FYI, the entire brake system was a pain in the rectum but we survived and know the how to's if anyone needs advice... The first thing I did was take of the master cylinders and take them apart, clean them and put them back. I am a cheapskate and thought the old master cylinders would pass so I went on to the big heavy brake disk and slave cylinders.I had the dozer up on four rail ties and had to sit up under the dozer to get at the brake housing. Getting the bolts off is a bear! Lifting the housing out and putting back was a bear. Did I mention I am a big shouldered guy with a bad back? 
As a side note: I posted before my annoyance with the cost of a single brake disk replacement at almost 200 bucks. All the others were like new but the one eventually replaced was burnt up. I took almost a year trying to find a cheap replacement but ended up going into the Case dealer and paying up. Arrrrgghh!!! :-( Did I mention I hate parting with money? So I completely cleaned and restored the entire brake housing, painted it and put it back together. Then I groused at having to buy slave cylinders too, but I could not find replacement parts cheap enough to rebuild the old ones; another 200 bucks. Once everything was hooked up, I found one of the masters failed so I opted to stop my nonsense cheapskate ways and pay the 200 bucks for new masters.Hooking them up I busted the flexible brake hose and had to get new fitting and lines. So now I have an entire new brake sytsem and the dozer is ready to roll after I finish replacing a torque converter temp gage.
Lessons learned: First; Amatuer mechanics can do it if they have a manual , and a forum with good sage advice(thanks!). Second; being uber cheap costs time. Third; the brake lines running from the masters to the shuttle transmission and and down to the slaves are hard to get at and hard to connect(very little hand/tool room). I dropped a lot of wrenches, cursed a blue streak and made many trips under the dozer to pick up dropped parts/tools. Fourth;The brakes need two bleeds. First at the slaves, then at the banjo bolt connectors at the shuttle transmission. In the end I was satisfied that I accomplished everything I wanted to. After the aforementioned gauge is replaced I will be dozing as much as I can. Cheers, Rhino
As a side note: I posted before my annoyance with the cost of a single brake disk replacement at almost 200 bucks. All the others were like new but the one eventually replaced was burnt up. I took almost a year trying to find a cheap replacement but ended up going into the Case dealer and paying up. Arrrrgghh!!! :-( Did I mention I hate parting with money? So I completely cleaned and restored the entire brake housing, painted it and put it back together. Then I groused at having to buy slave cylinders too, but I could not find replacement parts cheap enough to rebuild the old ones; another 200 bucks. Once everything was hooked up, I found one of the masters failed so I opted to stop my nonsense cheapskate ways and pay the 200 bucks for new masters.Hooking them up I busted the flexible brake hose and had to get new fitting and lines. So now I have an entire new brake sytsem and the dozer is ready to roll after I finish replacing a torque converter temp gage.Lessons learned: First; Amatuer mechanics can do it if they have a manual , and a forum with good sage advice(thanks!). Second; being uber cheap costs time. Third; the brake lines running from the masters to the shuttle transmission and and down to the slaves are hard to get at and hard to connect(very little hand/tool room). I dropped a lot of wrenches, cursed a blue streak and made many trips under the dozer to pick up dropped parts/tools. Fourth;The brakes need two bleeds. First at the slaves, then at the banjo bolt connectors at the shuttle transmission. In the end I was satisfied that I accomplished everything I wanted to. After the aforementioned gauge is replaced I will be dozing as much as I can. Cheers, Rhino