Posted by Eric B. on Friday, November 29, 2002 at 11:30PM :
In Reply to: Re: Brake Help posted by KenW on Friday, November 29, 2002 at 10:47PM :
Ken,
Brakes should drag(by ear) a little bit, basicly a light scrapping noise. If they are too tight it will over heat the brakes, and possibly boil your fluid.
As everyone else said, start with round drums that are not TOO undersized, and then adjust carefully.
I am BLESSED to work on 57-60 PWs, just turn the adjuster wheel to get the brakes up. FFs are SUCH a pain! Of course if I had done as many FFs as I have done PG PWs, I would not be so bothered by working on them.
Once the adjustments are all up to snuff, then bleed, bleed, bleed.
If that does not work then look for leaks, sources of trapped air, etc.
The Bleed, etc.
After all the air is out, then you may need to re-adjust.
As for bench bleeding, you put a plug in the master cylinder and keep pumping it until it is solid.
Then you mount it in the truck(you could also mount it in the truck first, and then bleed with the plug in), once it is mounted, remove the plug, and quickly put in the brake line.
This should have removed all of the air from the master, and the master should NOT empty(it will leak some) while you are taking out the plug/putting in the line.
Otherwise you get the WHOLE bore of the master worth of air in the system, bad news!
Plus if you bench bleed, and you can not get the master cylinder rock hard, you have a leak, and you need to fix that first. Just a good test I got in the habit of doing.
Good luck!!
It is a pain in the butt to get right, but nothing feels better then SOLID brakes!!!!
Eric