coopab
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Time for inspection discovered pkg brake not holding. 1st issue was frozen right (passenger) side cable. Replaced it and after that the intermediate cable was too short. Given that it was twisted and literally had a knot tied in the middle I ordered a replacement from NAPA. Reconnected front to rear and still insufficient holding power to pass inspection.
Since I had only pulled the drum on right side in order to attach the new cable I decided to take a look at the left side. Among other thing I discovered:
It didn't.
With the rear end up on jack stands and parking brake pushed to the floor both wheels seem to be locked up tight but down on the ground with engine idling, tranny in D and parking brake "on" there's little or no braking effect. Same thing in Reverse.
Pushed down on parking brake pedal by hand and observed that the cable seems to be engaging and slack in the cable disappears but still very little braking effect.
A properly operating parking brake pedal should not need to be pushed all the way to the floor to hold the truck so I'm wondering if:
Since I had only pulled the drum on right side in order to attach the new cable I decided to take a look at the left side. Among other thing I discovered:
- right and left star wheel adjusters reversed (teeth faced wrong way to match up with the release lever (no L or R marking on either one)
- Left side had primary and secondary shoes backwards
- shoes on one side were much more worn that the other
- spring was absent from the parking brake bar
It didn't.
With the rear end up on jack stands and parking brake pushed to the floor both wheels seem to be locked up tight but down on the ground with engine idling, tranny in D and parking brake "on" there's little or no braking effect. Same thing in Reverse.
Pushed down on parking brake pedal by hand and observed that the cable seems to be engaging and slack in the cable disappears but still very little braking effect.
A properly operating parking brake pedal should not need to be pushed all the way to the floor to hold the truck so I'm wondering if:
- shortening the cable with a turnbuckle arrangement would work
- Is there something in the pedal assembly that needs attention?
- Do I need to replace the left side cable even though it was working OK before I started this project? I can see it move when I pull on the cable underneath the truck. And I drizzled some silicone lubricant into it when it was detached.