Sticking Shoe!
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Sticking Shoe!
Well, I thought earlier today my truck had an electrical fire, because it smelled like burning insulation. I looked it over and over and isolated the problem to the passenger side. After getting to work, I got out nad realized something in the back was smoking and smelled really bad. I touched all four wheels and realized the back right wheel was really hot compared to the others. Okay, so I think it is a stuck shoe or something. Parking brake is set everytime I park and the lines have slack in them. Looks to be time to service the drums. Any help?? How do i get the dang drum off to service and are there any common problems to cause this? Are they hard ot service? Any special tools! HELP! Any help is GREATLY apreciated. I need the truck back on the road by 5 AM tomorrow morning....THANKS!
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I jammed my ebrake on my 86 just before we were to leave on holidays, 5th wheel hooked up & ready to go...had to take the wheel off and pry off the drum, which of course did not want to co-operate. I found out much later, there is a drum puller tool to use just for jammed drums, works well from what Ive been told. lol
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Most likely the E brake cable is stuck and did did not release the passenger side brake (due to corrosion). You can try soaking the cable several times with a penetrating type oil and working the cable back and forth, that sometimes works.
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It was a one time deal, did not have to replace any parts, my ecable, brakes were all in good shape. That "nut" is to adjust the tenion on the ebrake cable to to the ebrake pedal in the cab On my 86, it was the shoe "keeper" on the passenger side, but these trucks are notorius for corrided ebrake cables. I dont know what condition the rear brakes & time restraints you under, but if it was me, I would do a complete rear brake job, including ebrake cable...these brakes are quite simple to work on...I was reading a post about "brake booster". Give it a read, it has some good info. lol
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For your consideration,
It has been my experience that E brake cables from Ford cost very close to the same amount you would pay at Autozone or Advance Auto.
But the ones from Ford last about three times as long so far.
Plowing snow with my truck I was having to replace the E brake cables every year getting them at Advance. One time they did not have any in stock, neither did Autozone, so I went to Ford. Only cost about 3 dollars more per cable to my surprise.
But that was three years ago and they are still working like they are brand new.
It has been my experience that E brake cables from Ford cost very close to the same amount you would pay at Autozone or Advance Auto.
But the ones from Ford last about three times as long so far.
Plowing snow with my truck I was having to replace the E brake cables every year getting them at Advance. One time they did not have any in stock, neither did Autozone, so I went to Ford. Only cost about 3 dollars more per cable to my surprise.
But that was three years ago and they are still working like they are brand new.
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Thanks for all the help. I was too tired to work on the truck last night, I looked at it this afternoon. I shook the brake cable and didn't hear it release, so i took off the drum. To my surprise, when i pulled on the drum it came right off. I looked at the drum and the interior was grooved pretty bad, but I didn't see any severe heat damage....wonder what happened....
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Last owner probably ran it with the linings off the shoes. Then it was to bad to turn, so he slaped new shoes on it and sold it to you.
If it is that rough, it will eat your shoes quickly.
Also sounds like your slack adjuster is not adjusting, I usually have to back the slack adjuster off before I can pull my drums.
If it is that rough, it will eat your shoes quickly.
Also sounds like your slack adjuster is not adjusting, I usually have to back the slack adjuster off before I can pull my drums.
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You can adjust it before the drum is installed permanently, adjust it up until the drum just slips on over the shoes. Adjusting the shoes up can only be done one way, you must hold the lever away from the star wheel to lessen the adjustment and turn it backwards. Of course that is if the brakes are all installed correctly. Does your brake have a small shoe at the front and a larger shoe at the back, that would be correct. You can also have incorrectly installed shoes ie two shoes the same size, small shoe on the back and large on the front. Oversized drums will also cause braking problems.