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08-22-2019, 03:42 AM | #29 | |
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Yeah I'm not too familiar with drum brakes, but I rooted around google and found I need to mark and turn that adjuster part to tighten it up. |
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When it comes to really old shit like drum brakes, hum is your huckleberry. Sometime you should ask him about his brake cylinder hone.
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DO NOT breath the brake dust when you blow it off the brake drum - causes cancer. DO NOT use trichloroethylene to clean brake parts - causes cancer CAUTION using brake cleaner - even the stuff without TCE INVEST in a brake tool to replace the return springs (unless you are really quick with two screwdrivers). When bleeding the brakes, make sure the person pumping the pedal ain't half deaf (an eye full of brake fluid is painful). Adjust the brake shoes back before trying to replace the drum - the new shoes are thicker Drink no more than one beer per wheel Got it - humfrz |
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When I was a kid, my dad had a five gallon can of carbon tetrachloride. I used to clean my hands with it.
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thanks for the advice, Im pretty sure the brake clean I got has that stuff, I use gloves and a mouth cover and goggles but still I smell/breathed some in when using it, I tried to avoid it best I can but still got bits of it. Would it be terrible if I tried to use rubbing alcohol to clean my rotors and shims instead of brake clean? For the drum brakes I tried adjusting it back to the way it was before putting the rotor back on, I failed it wont loosen to the way it was. So I loosened it until I could hear the drum braking touching the rotor when I turn the wheel, then I back off some so it spins with out touching (ebrake is not engaged) Is this right or am I doin it all wrong? I did this with two screw drivers and it was a pain in the ass. I recently bleed my brakes so Im just using a turkey baster to suck out extra fluid and I'll add it back after I press the brake pedal. I also smashed the shit out of finger pushing the rear rotors back on, worth it to be careful Last edited by DandoX; 08-23-2019 at 05:12 PM. |
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LOL. Good advice humfrz. TCE is really nasty stuff. Brake dust isn't much better. My inability to throw away tools has left me with a pretty full compliment of drum brake tools even though, p-brakes aside, I haven't played with them in decades. Dear FSM I do love disc brakes.
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Keep in mind that my "advice" is sort of out of date. Back in the day, brake shoes were made out of asbestos (thus so was the brake dust) and we weren't aware it could cause lung cancer, so we didn't use any masks. TCE (it its pure form) wasn't widely used by the general public, so we didn't use masks (not that they would do much good). The only solvent I used to clean up automotive parts was plain gasoline, applied with an old paint brush. Alcohol would work. No way would we use latex gloves while working on a car. Latex gloves were only used by surgeons, not even the family doctor or the vet used them. As far as adjusting the drum brakes, we would adjust them down tight (to set the shoes) then back off the adjuster till they barely made contact. As far as using the turkey baster, if your SO sees you take it out of the drawer and head to the garage, plan on buying a new one for the kitchen. Yep, working on your own car can be a rewarding experience - humfrz |
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Oh yes, @DandoX, I smashed my fingers a few times too, but it didn't slow me down. Why not? Because my cold, gasoline soaked hands didn't feel anything till the job was done and I was thawing them out over the stove in the house. - humfrz |
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