Re: 1965 Chevy C60 brake problem

Posted by the tractor vet on March 12, 2022 at 08:53:57 from (108.220.145.239):

In Reply to: 1965 Chevy C60 brake problem posted by wremele on March 11, 2022 at 09:39:41:

Ah yes juice big truck brakes. Such a pain . What you have here is that you do not have the brakes adjusted correctly . More then likely you have two adjusters per wheel . Getting them adjusted correctly is becoming a lost art . So here is what ya do . Tighten each adjuster up till it locks that wheel up TIGHT , then back off a couple clicks till it turns with vary slight drag then do the same with the other adjuster . You should be able to hear and feel a slight drag of the shoe to the drum . 90% of brake problems stem from brake shoes out of adjustment and the first thing people do is start replacing master Cylinders and Hydro vac and the problem is not solved after replacement when all along it was just brakes out of adjustment . The other problem is that these old trucks spend more time setting then being used and the adjusters freeze up and will not turn and someone will take a hammer and punch to the star wheel and shear the tabs off . NOW you will not get nothing done but cause more work . Next problem with Juice brakes on trucks are the brake hoses as they go bad on the inside and will and can lock the brakes up then RUST eating the lines . Power bleeding is the best way to bleed them but sometimes you can let gravity do the job sometimes not. Myself even though i have worked on many and can make them work i have always hated them , one small failure anywhere in that system you have no brakes no back up to fall back on . I had one customer that had a water well hole poking company that would bring his two I H two tons down for me to work on . Te one with the drilling rig was a pretty new Cab and Chassis with a DT 466 and JUICE brakes , he was on his way to drill a well for a new home and running along at around fifty MPH going down a long grade and at the bottom of the grade was a cross roads with a traffic light , yup you guessed i the light went red he stepped on the WHOA pedal and it went to the floor , Luckily for him he went between two cars and no kerrrr boom . Bill was quiet shaken over this the brake hose going from the frame to the rear axle had let go at the crimp . Soooo do a better job on your brake adjustment and you will have brakes . When you PUMP the brake pedal what you are doing is putting more fluid into the wheel cylinders forcing them way out to make up for excess shoe travel . Like i said this is a lost art to get then set correctly

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