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i took the deuce out for the first road trip and the brake pedel goes almost to the floor how do you adj thease brakes or do i have to doing something with the air system
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On the back of the wms there are 4 bolts. One at the top of each pad and one at the bottom. 20 thousandths clearance top and 10 on the bottom. How long since you bled the system?
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Sounds like air in the system or lack of fluid. Did it have brakes before and just fail?
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I probably need to check my brake shoe clearances but have never done this yet. Isn't there an inspection cover of some sort on each drum where you would insert the feeler guage?
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There is a little window that has a nut holding on a cover. Remove the cover and turn the hub. Set the top, set the bottom, findout that it is not the same now and reset. It will make a lot of defferance when adjusted right.
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I'd start by bleeding the brakes/airpacks as per the TM, then go foer the brake adjustment.
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this is my first military truck
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Sermis,
Thank you very much for the info! I have a lot of maintenance to do on my Deuce right now and some brake problems that I must troubleshoot that have nothing to do with the shoe adjustment. I just saw the post about the adjustment and thought I would ask about the procedure while it was at the top of the list so to speak. One thing I did notice recently was two of my drums were hot after a drive and I presume that has somethng to do with the adjustment otherwise the others would be hot as well. I really appreciate your reply a whole lot! Al Broadbent
Thank you very much for the info! I have a lot of maintenance to do on my Deuce right now and some brake problems that I must troubleshoot that have nothing to do with the shoe adjustment. I just saw the post about the adjustment and thought I would ask about the procedure while it was at the top of the list so to speak. One thing I did notice recently was two of my drums were hot after a drive and I presume that has somethng to do with the adjustment otherwise the others would be hot as well. I really appreciate your reply a whole lot! Al Broadbent
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bbf, where in Florida are you located?
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General Developement Corporation is what I think of when I hear Port St Lucie, Port Charlotte, Port Malabar, etc. My mom used to sell lots in these areas back in the 60's! Anyway, you are about an hour and a half from my location in West Melbourne. I will be working on some of my brake problems very shortly - lots can go wrong with the brakes on a deuce! Just make sure you have plenty of dot 5 brake fluid and check your master cylinder each time you go out for a spin. If you are ever up this way and run into any problems on the road, give me a call and I will help you as best as I can; 321 427-3070. I have practically every tool you can imagine and some spare parts around as well. Check out my YouTube videos under the user name of aboonski and you will see my M35A2C in action. Thanks to Kenny, it now sounds like a deuce with the 'C' turbo installed.