parking brake stuck on deere mower

[salty87]

john deere L111 mower, i engaged and set the parking brake after the last time i cut the grass. now i can't get the parking brake to disengage. she starts and runs, just won't go anywhere. i've looked through the manual and there's not much about how or where the parking brake mechanism is. i've tried pushing against the machine while working the brake with no luck.

it feels as if the brake pedal is pushed in too far to be able to depress it further in order to release the brake.

i haven't cut the grass in weeks, how can i disengage it?

thanks

 

[HopeSheFloats]

Re: parking brake stuck on deere mower

Usually something either let loose in the linkage or hung-up...not familiar with your model, but maybe this will help...

http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.deere.u90490.partscatalog.view.servlets.HomePageServlet_Alt

 

[DianneB]

Re: parking brake stuck on deere mower

If my 216 does that, holding the brake pedal down had while cranking will usually allow it to go down a little more so I can release the brake.

 

[rbh]

Re: parking brake stuck on deere mower

I know ours brakes get hung up when we use it to go down some of the steap slopes in our yard.
On our 430 we have to do a hard application on both brakes, before the e-brake handle will relieve.