2017 Cascadia. Truck brakes normally in dry weather. In rain it pulls to the left along with the steering wheel, no abs issues. Recently done a brake job - new shoes all around, adjusted, greased, psi adjusted as well. Mechanic says it could be slack adjuster.
My concern is that if it was a slack adjuster than It would pull in dry conditions as well, but it doesn't. Could be the drum, but it looks ok to my judgement.
Does anyone have an idea what it could be?
(I also have watered the drums intentionally at truck wash and it was pulling to the left for a while until it dried out)
Steer brake pulling in rain.
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Paul88, Dec 14, 2020.
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I'm too easy on the brakes, so the slacks don't always adjust evenly.
Try heavy applications with the pedal while stopped on the level, that has helped in the past.
Also check to make sure the shoes(assuming you have drum brakes) don't have rust between the backing plate and the brake material(called rust jacking).Caterpillar Cowboy and Paul88 Thank this. -
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Probably the shoes are not completely seated to the
uneven used drums yet.
Less than 5000 miles is nothing.
Use the brakes a little more aggressively to burnish them in quicker.blairandgretchen and Paul88 Thank this. -
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If you still have the backing plates on ft. after brake job you will find small slots to look at brake shoes thru the holes , if not you should be able to just put a light on shoes to see if the hub seal is leaking oil on the shoes?
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A used drum actually has hills and valleys worn in to it.
New brake shoes are for the most part completely flat.
It takes a little while of burnishing the shoes in to match the hills and valleys of a used drum before you get almost complete friction contact to the drum.Caterpillar Cowboy, Paul88, 25(2)+2 and 2 others Thank this. -
Run your finger down inside the brake drum that's pulling to see if it feels like the side of a dish pan if it has a ridge on the outside of the ft. drum that will hold water on the inside of the drum and the water must be press out every time you hit the brakes and drums should have been replaced, if you bobtail the truck and work the brakes hard and bobtail brake valve will put more air to ft. than rear and can make shoes work into drums faster?
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