Re: Brake Floaters
I had trouble with a set sticking on a stop,they would snap loose when you drove off,but it shouldn't have been happening.When I trued the new drums I did just that,trued them.I didn't measure,I chucked the assembly in the brake lathe and took tiny cuts until I had an even surface.Turns out those drums had been made with plenty of meat to turn down after,they were well under 11 inches.They were 25+year old Plasmeter drums that had been bought for the next time the truck needed brakes.I also had a problem hanging up from the cotter pins on a couple of rollers.I didn't wrap them close enough to the pin.There were also a couple of shoes with too much slop in the pin holes,but that was not my fault,he had bought the shoes exchange.The rest of the problems were mine,not the floaters.Six times up on the lift on my own dime teaches me more than any book,video,or instruction sheet.
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