Hey Guys..new here and glad I found you. Here's my story. The owner of the ranch I manage brought me out a JD 644J to clean silt out of dry tanks [ponds]. It had only 2205 hrs, clean as a whistle with fresh service when it arrived. It now has 2243 hrs. I'm real easy on the machine and don't jam it around or work it hard.
I stopped to take a break today and applied the parking brake. When I was ready to go back to work it would not release.
I checked the manual and the only thing it said was if the tranny pressure dropped parking brake would automatically come on. Tranny fluid is fine. No codes show. When I press the release switch I feel the loader moved just a touch like it is released then seems something over rides it to lock up again. What else would make the brake come on and over ride the switch?
Getting service out here is pretty much impossible, 250 miles from help and the last 50 miles is gravel and rock 4x4 road so I'm kinda on my own. Any suggestions I sure would be thankful for. I really don't want to have to call the boss and tell him I broke it after just a week.
I stopped to take a break today and applied the parking brake. When I was ready to go back to work it would not release.
I checked the manual and the only thing it said was if the tranny pressure dropped parking brake would automatically come on. Tranny fluid is fine. No codes show. When I press the release switch I feel the loader moved just a touch like it is released then seems something over rides it to lock up again. What else would make the brake come on and over ride the switch?
Getting service out here is pretty much impossible, 250 miles from help and the last 50 miles is gravel and rock 4x4 road so I'm kinda on my own. Any suggestions I sure would be thankful for. I really don't want to have to call the boss and tell him I broke it after just a week.