Goats turn for some petting

22 years and 253,000 some odd miles, under light recreational use the brake pads on these trucks were pretty much lifetime. I replaced the front pads for the first time last year when I did wheel bearing/hub assemblies. Felt wrong, they still had a lot of thickness. But anyhow, the last year or so my park brake had got weak, barely holding. I’ve been gathering tools and parts, dove into it this weekend instead of going fishing. 30+ wind gusts made that a little easier decision. I launch load by myself usually, heavy boat and manual trans truck, I like engine off in low AND a park brake that holds while sitting on ramp while I’m in the boat. The Dana 80 in this truck uses separate drum shoes inside the disk rotor/hub for park brake. I really would have bet the lining had separated from the backing with the way they’d been acting. But what I’m seeing, just adjusting them up might have been enough. But reaching through the backing plate to do that is super difficult, especially if you haven’t seen it with the hub off and figured out which way it needs to turn. I just had to see what was going on for myself. Took the opportunity to replace the seals in the hubs while I was in there that deep. Attachment 486171


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My new best friend btw. I grew up in a garage, so my thoughts were I needed a large air compressor for air tools. But been in this house for 5 years, and just wasn’t getting it done. Finally went with this, and loving it. It will flat out put the twist on stuff. Cordless ugga dugga…Attachment 486172


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And let me tell ya, the 8 bolts in end of axle were cheater pipe tight from factory. Attachment 486173

Pads and shoes both had plenty of life left. But done bought em, and into it this far, new ones are going in.
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I am with you. If it is cracked open it gets new wear items

I didn’t know goats wore shoes! :Rofl

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Yeah I agree. While there might as well replace them

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Well my miserable life.
Drove a shakedown run into town and back, passenger side brake caliper is hanging, getting hot. I fully should have expected this, as when I went through the front end last year had the same experience. Lesson learned, never trust old brake calipers on these newer vehicles. When you push them back for new pads, better than 50% chance they are gonna stick. Waiting on rebuilt ones now. Do as I say, not as I do, and save yourself a headache [emoji35]
I DID take the opportunity to order all 3 rubber flex brake lines, one on each caliper and one center above the axle. Since I’m bleeding brakes anyway…

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On a more positive note, before the test run, wifey helped me give the goat her bi-yearly bath. She’s mostly white again. Looks good sitting in the driveway even if I can’t drive her.
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Hope I don’t jinx myself here -
But put on reman calipers, new flex lines,
and a very thorough bleeding that was really a flush, ended up passing 32 ounces of new fluid through.
So far so good, drove to work and back the past week with no problems. That job ended up being an adventure [emoji849]


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Ya hire out for Jeff and yota washing Jeff?

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Ya hire out for Jeff and yota washing Jeff?

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That’s a good one [emoji23]
I never been much on washing vehicles - when the crud gets thick enough it’ll fall off on its own haha


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Y’all get enough rain for a 75 mph quik wash…:Rofl

Bud you & I think a lot alike, that "Peace of Mind" knowing what you're riding on compared to thinking you know is very important to me too. Gotta love Full Floating Axles but the torque can be high. I finally bought a cordless Impact and couldn't go back now that I have it. Except my old Class A motorhome, if it has rear disc brakes around here it has the little shoes inside the rear rotors. Many do not know it but brake fluid is Hydroscopic, so its always looking to adsorb water. I flush my brakes using a check valve on the bleeders every few years, and on something like a GM Workhorse Chassis that has a horribly designed brake system to start with I switch the fluid completely to DOT 5.