Posted by bc on August 06, 2008 at 10:17:13 from (75.27.226.227):
In Reply to: 400 Brakes posted by 1950MFD on August 05, 2008 at 20:11:35:
I might add that my actuators were rusty and not really making much contact. Not sure if new ones would still work or not. What was shiny and where the wear is was on the inner surface of the brake housing and the plate bolted to the rear end. Any of those parts may be costly to replace.
The balls were miked out to the right size so they weren't worn. The grooves in the actuator can wear down but from looking at my springs and working it by hand, the actuators seemed to spread normally.
The only way I had brakes was to put about 8 washers behind the adjusting ball/nut to get the brakes to bite. Without the washers and the adjusting ball screwed all the way in, then there were no brakes. I probably only needed 1 or 2 washers added on to get brakes but putting on 8 allowed me to keep the adjusting ball/nut out on the end of the bolt instead of screwing it in very far. Even then, the actuator is stretched out to about its limit and I suppose there is a danger of the balls slipping out of the groove when stretched to far.
The trick is not to take off too much so the pads are always touching and not to take off so little that after the pads wear down a little, you have on contact again. If you do take off too much, the pads will wear down anyway.
Anyway the washers behind the adjusting bolt worked for me around the barn moving hay. But I want to get the housings worked so I could take it down the road. A lot depends upon the use.
The washers as Jim suggested would be a good idea or make a shim out of sheet metal of something around .008" or so and then see where the adjusting bolt sits.
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