The brakes on my HiBoy were feeling a little soggy so I swapped them out yesterday, this is what I found:

 

Damn. That's beyond worn out. I cannot say I've ever seen that happen though.

 

I couldn't believe it either. I sat there staring at it for like 5 minutes trying to figure out if what I was seeing was actually real. I've only put a few hundred miles since buying it (since I was deployed for the past 7 months) I got home 3 days ago and started doing a bunch of preventative maintenance for an upcoming trip... good thing I decided to do the brakes! Surprisingly they didn't make any noise or grind, they were just feeling a bit too soggy for my liking.

 

WOW! I've seen rotors worn down to the vent holes but I've never seen a drum worn to the point of splitting.
Good thing you checked.

 

I would say every bit of service life was gotten out of those. At least you caught it. I would make sure to flush the brake system too with new fluid. That was probably neglected by the POs too.

 

I'm thinking you can get them resurfaced. .. should be fine.

 

Confirmed. That drum is worn beyond its limit. Yep. Definitely.

 

I'd weld it back together first though

 

Holy crap!!!!!!!
That should get an award of some sort.
Can honestly say I've never seen anything like it.
Spongy indeed.

 

I agree, the award for getting the most miles out of a part.
Or the most abused brake drum.

 

Biggest threat to public safety?

The rest of that vehicle needs a very close inspection.

 

IDEA:

Someone should post a truck-related pic (like above) and then FTE'ers get to post a caption about the pic.

 

I'd make a trophy out of that and call it " The Holy Uckfay Award".