Mad Maxine
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Hi fellas--
I cannot get my emergency brake to work. The story goes like this:
The emergency brake worked fine when I got the truck last year. It worked fine in spite of both rear drums being full of gear oil and the rear shoes literally crumbling away in black goo. I replaced the rear hub seals and rebuilt the brakes. The hydraulic brakes work fine. But I have never since then been able to get the emergency brakes to hold. I've tightened up on the tensioner underneath the truck until you have to stand on the emergency brake pedal to get it to the first click, and they still don't hold. I can pull on the drum cables and feel them actuating the shoes in each drum to a positive stop....but they ain't stopping the truck from rolling on a slight incline. I'm pretty sure my shoes are adjusted out far enough...Anyway, I've never had so much trouble with a silly-ass parking brake before.
Any ideas?
I cannot get my emergency brake to work. The story goes like this:
The emergency brake worked fine when I got the truck last year. It worked fine in spite of both rear drums being full of gear oil and the rear shoes literally crumbling away in black goo. I replaced the rear hub seals and rebuilt the brakes. The hydraulic brakes work fine. But I have never since then been able to get the emergency brakes to hold. I've tightened up on the tensioner underneath the truck until you have to stand on the emergency brake pedal to get it to the first click, and they still don't hold. I can pull on the drum cables and feel them actuating the shoes in each drum to a positive stop....but they ain't stopping the truck from rolling on a slight incline. I'm pretty sure my shoes are adjusted out far enough...Anyway, I've never had so much trouble with a silly-ass parking brake before.
Any ideas?