Patent ID: 7798292

Claim:
A tractor brake system comprising: a left brake pedal and a right brake pedal; each brake pedal connected to a rotatable part of a brake shaft extending laterally through an opening in the wall of an engine compartment; the brake shaft having a rotatable inner shaft and an outer sleeve rotatable independently of the inner shaft; a left bell crank and a right bell crank; one of the bell cranks connected to the inner shaft and the other bell crank connected to the outer sleeve; a first linkage between the left bell crank and a left wheel brake, and a second linkage between the right bell crank and a right wheel brake; and a one-piece entirely rubber engine noise baffle positioned within the engine compartment against an opening in the wall and around the brake shaft and including a cup shaped portion compressed axially between the wall of the engine compartment and one of the bell cranks; the engine noise baffle rotatable with respect to the wall and the brake shaft.