Help me explain what he did wrong...

Right rear chamber caught a rock on a construction site and bent the bracket and rod. Brake was dragging and had to replace.

In-house mechanic replaced it but I cant get him to understand that the rod length is wrong and angle of the slack to rod is off and can get shut down.... I dont even think the top shoe is touching the #### drum.

 

Yea we've had a few of our regular f550's get hung up on some of these magic boulders, knocked someone's oil pan the other day.

So the chamber and s-cam bracket are brand new. He swears he cut the rod the same length and I was like, there is no possible way you did. The thing is like 2-3 inches more out of the chamber than the other and the slack angle is like at 45-60 degrees.

Did he cage one and not the other when he measured or is he just full of it?

 

Parking brakes are applied

 

I have no clue. I was driving the spare 1991 when he was installing it.

Not really rusted, it's a construction hauler so its covered in really fine dust, concrete dust, mud, etc.

 

I know that yesterday with the same rod length, the brakes were not touching and the drum would spin freely. He says he adjusted them (this morning), but I suspect that didnt happen.