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Title: brakes
Post by: grandad on January 13, 2010, 07:11:41 AM

the old girl is up for brake adjustment any tips or thing to look out for before i start

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: ben on February 14, 2010, 04:37:54 AM

drums all round?

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: grandad on February 14, 2010, 05:44:09 AM

yep drums all round

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: ben on February 14, 2010, 09:13:31 PM

how ive done it is..

jack the wheel up, adjust the brake pads out till wheel stops spinning when you free wheel it, back the pads off so you can still feel them touching and you can get the wheel to spin but not as much as if there was no resistance.

do all wheels. thats all i remember, its been ages since ive had drums.. anyone else want to add anything.

cheers ben

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: rossie on February 14, 2010, 09:48:31 PM

Yeah, thats about right, just rememmber to do it evenly. or it could pull a little at first

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: Marishka on February 15, 2010, 03:45:30 AM

the 1 thing i dont like about bedford standard SWB brakes is the adjusters.
they are a adjusting screw with an arrow head that has 4 sides, so when u turn the adjusting screw it goes a quarter of a turn then beds down, in other words 1 complete 360 turn will give u 4 adjustments.


1 thing 2 remember 2 is that if the drum brakes arnt adjusted up properly and u need to jump on the brakes urgently and hard they can cause a cylinder piston 2 pop out and then u get a wheel lock up,
not good in the wet.

 

Title: Re: brakes
Post by: grandad on February 15, 2010, 07:32:30 AM

cheers guys