Couple things.
One of the braces that holds the skirt/side of the bed, broke.
I believe it happened when the tire blew out. You can see in the pic that a bunch of the steel cords from the tire are wrapped around it.
That brace was bent back, behind the tire. And was rubbing the inside of the tire. In the inset portion, I put a big yellow circle on the tire to show where that brace was located behind the tire. It was bent all the way back there and was rubbing. The small yellow circle is where it belongs. The yellow lines in the larger picture show the area that was being rubbed on the inside of the tire.
I bent that brace back to where it belongs, (after removing the steel cables.), and bolted it in place. Problem solved.
What gets me is that discount tire, (In everett washington), replaced that tire. Right after it blew out. When their tech took the old tire off, that brace had to have literally almost slapped him in the face. Yet he left it there. When it was obvious that it was going to rub against the inside of the new tire. He did nothing to fix the problem. And worse, didn't mention it to me.
If this brake line hadn't gone out, I might not have known about it until it actually rubbed a hole in the tire.
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Replaced that hard brake line on the back axle to the passenger side. Works, doesn't leak. (Next I'll do the front. With brand new bearings, brake shoes, calipers, soft lines, and possibly rotors.)
Here's the thing. Ever since all the brakes were replaced, (At wagley creek in sultan washington.), the truck has driven like the bearings were totally shot, or like the brakes were dragging.
Took more go pedal than I thought it should, to get it going. And on the highway, take your foot off the pedal, and it slowed down exactly as if the brakes were slightly applied.
Since I replaced that line, no problem. It rolls a lot easier. It coasts when you let off the pedal. (Very slightly still a problem, but I think the problem is in the front now.) It even takes less go pedal to keep it going at highway speeds.
I think that line had rusted so much that a flake or flakes inside the line were keeping the pressure from bleeding back away from the brake cylinder on that side, when I let go of the brake pedal.
One of these days I'll take the rear drums off both sides and inspect them. I certainly didn't expect this to be the case with brand new brakes, and given the fact that they had actually inspected them twice again, at my insistence that they were dragging...
One of the braces that holds the skirt/side of the bed, broke.
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I believe it happened when the tire blew out. You can see in the pic that a bunch of the steel cords from the tire are wrapped around it.
That brace was bent back, behind the tire. And was rubbing the inside of the tire. In the inset portion, I put a big yellow circle on the tire to show where that brace was located behind the tire. It was bent all the way back there and was rubbing. The small yellow circle is where it belongs. The yellow lines in the larger picture show the area that was being rubbed on the inside of the tire.
I bent that brace back to where it belongs, (after removing the steel cables.), and bolted it in place. Problem solved.
What gets me is that discount tire, (In everett washington), replaced that tire. Right after it blew out. When their tech took the old tire off, that brace had to have literally almost slapped him in the face. Yet he left it there. When it was obvious that it was going to rub against the inside of the new tire. He did nothing to fix the problem. And worse, didn't mention it to me.
If this brake line hadn't gone out, I might not have known about it until it actually rubbed a hole in the tire.
~~~
Replaced that hard brake line on the back axle to the passenger side. Works, doesn't leak. (Next I'll do the front. With brand new bearings, brake shoes, calipers, soft lines, and possibly rotors.)
Here's the thing. Ever since all the brakes were replaced, (At wagley creek in sultan washington.), the truck has driven like the bearings were totally shot, or like the brakes were dragging.
Took more go pedal than I thought it should, to get it going. And on the highway, take your foot off the pedal, and it slowed down exactly as if the brakes were slightly applied.
Since I replaced that line, no problem. It rolls a lot easier. It coasts when you let off the pedal. (Very slightly still a problem, but I think the problem is in the front now.) It even takes less go pedal to keep it going at highway speeds.
I think that line had rusted so much that a flake or flakes inside the line were keeping the pressure from bleeding back away from the brake cylinder on that side, when I let go of the brake pedal.
One of these days I'll take the rear drums off both sides and inspect them. I certainly didn't expect this to be the case with brand new brakes, and given the fact that they had actually inspected them twice again, at my insistence that they were dragging...
