| [GMCnet] Gmc brake problems [message #270736] |
Thu, 29 January 2015 12:08  |
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Thanks for all the replies to my problem. Most of the things I have already tried. New shoes, turned down drums, purged master cylinder before and after installing etc. The matching of curve on shoe to drum makes a lot of sense. Burts explanation makes it easy to understand. Thanks for such a clear explanation. So now where do I find the radius of the shoes other than by trying to measure and calculate it's? Any clever ideas on how to do this without first having to rip them all apart again? Once I determine that this is the problem than I can decide on a remedy. My existing drums are no where near the limit as I checked on this after they were turned down. New drums are a $1000 delivered and I am told they are of questionable quality. Anybody have any comments on hydro boost kit? But that would still require better shoe contact. Then there's the conversion to disks . Just put new emergency brake cables and pulleys so there is more dead money. This money pit gets deeper every
day. $35k in to it and have not had one day camping.
Ken just called and said he tired of working on it. He confident it will stop now after replacing sensitized booster for second time but pedal is still a bit low. Coach is a stretch and they welded at least 1000# of steel up by the radiator to compensate. Now it requires even better brakes.
Sorry for ranting! Need more advice on shoe curvature if someone has it.
Jon J Darcy
646-464-3123
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