Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/4/1 0:12:00
BigKev - that is great advice. I have not done the brake adjustment, and I honestly haven't checked the manual for the brakes yet. I will do so before I get the drums back on the front.
Tonight I fixed my error on the front brakes, and now have everything correctly mounted. Just need to clean the old grease out of the bearings and repack. Then do major brake adjustment and get the drums back on.
My drum puller came in. I picked it up from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012P0QV5K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Worked like a charm.
The passenger side drum did not come off without a fight. I drove the screw as far as my neighbors very nice air impact gun would go. Didn't budge. So I fired up the torch and heated up the drum for a minute or two and it popped right off. You can see the smoke in the picture. Driver's side came off with the impact gun in like two seconds.
Brake shoes on both sides are very thin. Passenger side was pretty greasy on the inside. I disassembled the passenger side with lots of pictures. Everything is very dirty.
The two gaskets that are in there....they are very thin. My roll of gasket material is too thick if I'm going to make them the same. Do I just use something like thin cardboard, or a manila envelope?
I'm going to take all the replaceable parts to NAPA and see what they can replace.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Passenger rear drum released.jpg (169.81 KB)
Passenger rear brakes.jpg (153.42 KB)
Driver rear brakes.jpg (145.82 KB)
Rear brake disassembling.jpg (157.68 KB)
First gasket.jpg (138.07 KB)
Gasket two.jpg (180.01 KB)
Down to the axle.jpg (115.09 KB)
Tonight I fixed my error on the front brakes, and now have everything correctly mounted. Just need to clean the old grease out of the bearings and repack. Then do major brake adjustment and get the drums back on.
My drum puller came in. I picked it up from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012P0QV5K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Worked like a charm.
The passenger side drum did not come off without a fight. I drove the screw as far as my neighbors very nice air impact gun would go. Didn't budge. So I fired up the torch and heated up the drum for a minute or two and it popped right off. You can see the smoke in the picture. Driver's side came off with the impact gun in like two seconds.
Brake shoes on both sides are very thin. Passenger side was pretty greasy on the inside. I disassembled the passenger side with lots of pictures. Everything is very dirty.
The two gaskets that are in there....they are very thin. My roll of gasket material is too thick if I'm going to make them the same. Do I just use something like thin cardboard, or a manila envelope?
I'm going to take all the replaceable parts to NAPA and see what they can replace.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Passenger rear drum released.jpg (169.81 KB)
Passenger rear brakes.jpg (153.42 KB)
Driver rear brakes.jpg (145.82 KB)
Rear brake disassembling.jpg (157.68 KB)
First gasket.jpg (138.07 KB)
Gasket two.jpg (180.01 KB)
Down to the axle.jpg (115.09 KB)
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