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09-01-2006, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: ** THE FALL GUY **CHICAGO IL
Posts: 5,883
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got brake problems?
well i bought some auto zone brake shoes and what a joke?
the shoes were glued in the incorrect spot compared to the rivited AC DELCO shoes i just put on, 5 weeks ago!!!!! BRAKES PULLED HARD.. and think your wheel cyl's are good just because they don't look to be leaking?? think again... i bought all 4 four wheel cyl's ...replaced the two fronts 2 years ago, but did not replaced the rears..even thou i had them because they looked good... my brakes were grabby.. one would lock up before the other (rears) i just replaced the rear cyl's and the new DELCO fronts.. COMPLETE DIFFERNT TRUCK... here i was thinking the master or booster.... buy only riveted shoes....(shoes always in the correct spot) replace all wheel cyl's..not just the ones leaking... just a thought for some of us guy's with the brakes from hell !!!!! THIS IS JUST MY OPINION...NO ANIMALS WERE KILLED... |
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09-02-2006, 12:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 239
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Re: got brake problems?
I hear ya bro. My 67 squeaks it s ass off. I change rear and front shoes with new wheel cyclinders too. Now from what i am told i might need new rotors all the way around. My 68 has drums that stop perfect when the truck is running hahaha. I really do not want to buy new rotors if I am going to put front discs on as soon as I get some money. I think that if there is puling you need to adjust the star on your drums equally on all of the wheels. That means take the wheel off and pull the rotors off. They should go on but almost snug. Make your adjustments to all the rotors like that . If one pulls off real easy that one is the one taking longer to grab and causes the pull. If one is real snug it grabs first then the other start grabbing. And do not forget when you do new wheel cyclinders and all this work you need to really get all of the air out of the brakes lines that you put in them. And last but not least you may have a old plugged brake line that is causing your problem on one side or the other. The only reason I can speak on this , is because it whoop my arsssssseee too. I am not a mechanic. Take all my advice with half a bottle of Crown if your old enough to drink .. Hope it helps. L
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