stupid drums!
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stupid drums!
The driver side drum decided to seize up. Got a nice smoke show from that when i stopped at my friends house. I guess i shouldn't use the e brake on these trucks (don't like just using the parking prawl on the transmission), it seems to not really like to work well. Anyway i got the brake unseized, it wasn't smoking when i got home, and the annoying squeaking noise is gone (reason i look in the first place, it's dark and can't see anything, also it took more power to get the truck moving).
Would love to put in a sd rear axle with the nice disk, and drum in hat brakes. Now since its 2wd i'd have missmatching wheels, i doubt the i beams are swappable.
Would love to put in a sd rear axle with the nice disk, and drum in hat brakes. Now since its 2wd i'd have missmatching wheels, i doubt the i beams are swappable.
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i have never used a cable parking brake in all the 40 years i have been driving. the one time my ex used the parking brake in the 79 back in 84 it locked up the rear brakes and i had to cut the cables to release them.
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I figure i'll keep using it. I've been using it since i got the truck so i might as well continue at this point. I can pretty much tell now when the brakes are seized up.
Anyone happen to know how to adjust the ebrake. The pedal in the cab doesn't retract the extra centimeter to turn the dang light of in cab.
Anyone happen to know how to adjust the ebrake. The pedal in the cab doesn't retract the extra centimeter to turn the dang light of in cab.
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under the driver seat on the frame. i doubt if the adjuster will work though . you may have to add a spring to the pedal.
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You'll want to wire brush the threads on the cable adjuster and soak with PB Blaster like crazy before trying to tighten it.
If your axle is a 10.25, disc conversions aren't that expensive to do. Probably cheaper than trying to refurbish and install a later model junkyard axle.
If your axle is a 10.25, disc conversions aren't that expensive to do. Probably cheaper than trying to refurbish and install a later model junkyard axle.
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