Adjusting Rear Brakes on 9400I

now you can get some weird wear if your anchor pins are worn--as it will allow your shoes to kind of #### in the drum and not beequi distant accross the drum--sometimes the shoe will come out of the drum say an 1/8 or so--not good
and yes checks just happen--cracks are what you have to watch for---if you have your brakes off--just give the drum a tap with a small hammer---if no cracks--the drum will ring like a bell
the s-cam bushing cn be checked if you back off your brakes--and use a small pry bar to try and move the slack adjuster up and down---and watch for play at the s-cam
another place to watch for wear is the pin at the slack adjuster and brake clevis--and a shot of lubricant is also good for the pin so it doesnt sieze up

 

Some really good info here HD--and a good lesson that now as an O/O you need to check everything all the time--BUT--IMHO--if you only have one truck--and do not have heavy tools--you really aren't going to see any savings(at least for a looong while)equiping yourself with what you need to do a lot of the heavy repairs--while doing brakes--is not a difficult job--or hard to learn--it does require some pretty expensive stuff-not a sears plug in compresor and air ratchet--so IMHO--if you can find a shop in your area that can be trusted--and start to build a relationship with them--you can usually get this work done reasonably--because I am just guessing--but just using brakes as an example--you would probably be 3 trucks down the road--before the tolls and jack you need would begin to pay for themselves--Just my humble $.02
Good Luck to ya!

 

hd99 fatboy, did you get the link to work? I am using Firefox and it worked for me.