Post by Teachndad on Oct 29, 2017 20:09:50 GMT -8
Hi Friends,
I was going to post this in someone's restoration thread when they added new brake assemblies to their original axle, but then realized it might spark a discussion that didn't need to clutter up his restoration thread.
Here goes.
When I retrieved my Rod and Reel, I wanted to swap out the original brake assemblies before leaving to come back home. The original brake assemblies had sat unused for probably 20 years. The safest bet was to replace them, right?
I had no problem replacing the streetside, but curbside brought it's challenges.
When I was tightening the castle nut, the brake drum would freeze up. I couldn't spin it while tightening the castle nut.
In the end with a time crunch looming, I just reinstalled the original brake assembly adjusted it and prayed it would work. It actually did get me home 900 miles.
I had some suspension work done on the trailer months later and I was telling the trailer tech who did the suspension work about my issue. He suggested beveling the brake pads with a grinder on the brake assembly that stuck. He said he had seen an issue a few times where the brake pads on the new assemblies wouldn't clear the vintage drum, so he had beveled the outside edge of the brake pads with a grinder. I still had the brake assembly in a box that gave me problems, so I had him bevel the outside edge of the new brake assembly. That brake assembly is still in the box, so, I can't tell you that it now works.
BTW, he did use a respirator when grinding the brake pads in his truck.
Thoughts?
Cheers,
Rod
I was going to post this in someone's restoration thread when they added new brake assemblies to their original axle, but then realized it might spark a discussion that didn't need to clutter up his restoration thread.
Here goes.
When I retrieved my Rod and Reel, I wanted to swap out the original brake assemblies before leaving to come back home. The original brake assemblies had sat unused for probably 20 years. The safest bet was to replace them, right?
I had no problem replacing the streetside, but curbside brought it's challenges.
When I was tightening the castle nut, the brake drum would freeze up. I couldn't spin it while tightening the castle nut.
In the end with a time crunch looming, I just reinstalled the original brake assembly adjusted it and prayed it would work. It actually did get me home 900 miles.
I had some suspension work done on the trailer months later and I was telling the trailer tech who did the suspension work about my issue. He suggested beveling the brake pads with a grinder on the brake assembly that stuck. He said he had seen an issue a few times where the brake pads on the new assemblies wouldn't clear the vintage drum, so he had beveled the outside edge of the brake pads with a grinder. I still had the brake assembly in a box that gave me problems, so I had him bevel the outside edge of the new brake assembly. That brake assembly is still in the box, so, I can't tell you that it now works.
BTW, he did use a respirator when grinding the brake pads in his truck.
Thoughts?
Cheers,
Rod
