Aussiecowboy
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Well, progress at last. I found some proper silicone brake fluid and bought half a gallon, after a week or so recovering from the shock of the price, I set about getting the brakes working. I didn't like the idea of trying to bleed them through the hole in the drum so I welded up some rings out of builders strapping and slipped them over the shoes, then used some small timbers to pack them up a bit. This allowed the brakes to be bled and tested without drums installed. Bleeding went much better than expected but with the drums back on it has a bit more pedal travel than I was expecting, goes between half and two thirds of the way down before going really firm, is this normal?
As a preliminary test I got up to about 15 or 20mph on some really soft dusty ground, braked hard and examined the marks on the ground. It showed the front axle not doing much, the middle locking up and the rear somewhere in between, I get the feeling it will take a while to get all 6 brakes adjusted well. Point is though, I have functional brakes, a big milestone.
New transfer case is still on the way, US Customs inspected the container and decided I was exporting important military hardware, the shipment was delayed by 3 weeks while it was sorted out, should be here soon though. Next on the list, sorting out the earth faults that are making the back lights act strange.
As a preliminary test I got up to about 15 or 20mph on some really soft dusty ground, braked hard and examined the marks on the ground. It showed the front axle not doing much, the middle locking up and the rear somewhere in between, I get the feeling it will take a while to get all 6 brakes adjusted well. Point is though, I have functional brakes, a big milestone.
New transfer case is still on the way, US Customs inspected the container and decided I was exporting important military hardware, the shipment was delayed by 3 weeks while it was sorted out, should be here soon though. Next on the list, sorting out the earth faults that are making the back lights act strange.
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