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Brake parts?
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Never thought I would need this page! I have the coach in a shop to get the brakes checked and it needs one set of front brake shoes and a brake drum which they say are very hard to find in alberta, they can source a drum from Ontario , but they say if it is not correct I have to pay for shipping anyway? I think maybe I should have them put this thing back together and take it somewhere else ? It's a 1987 , thanks Don

Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146
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#2

I did my rears last year. The Shoes were relined and the drums were ground. They need to take some kind of responsibility since they are making $$$ off of you.
Just in case you need it, I went to Redlands Truck & RV in Redlands, CA:
http://redlandstruckservice.com/

highly recommended & considering I do most of my work that may be saying something!

Steve & Patti, Bonnie and Tucker
1982 Newell 38' Classic, DD 6V92
cocktails for as many will fit in the site, dinner for as many can sit at the pick-nick table and sleeps 2 since I fixed the couch
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#3

I went to the shop and had a look at the brake parts all that was wrong with the shoe was a corner piece broken off , about the size of a silver dollar. The drum was 0.010 over max diameter , no big deal !  I had them put it back together, they did find my automatic slack adjusters are all sized up but I should be able to fix those myself?

Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146
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#4

Don, you should disassemble the slack adjusters and completely clean out the old grease. Use a bentonite clay based grease when you put them back together.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#clay-thickened-grease/=1292gqn

The reason for the clay base is to withstand the high temps that the adjuster might see.

Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home Cool )
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#5

(05-03-2016, 10:00 AM)Richard Wrote:  Don, you should disassemble the slack adjusters and completely clean out the old grease. Use a bentonite clay based grease when you put them back together.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#clay-thickened-grease/=1292gqn

The reason for the clay base is to withstand the high temps that the adjuster might see.
Thanks Richard , I'm glad to hear that they should be serviceable the Joker at the shop didn't think they were! I'm quite supprIsed that an 87 even has automatic slack adjusters !

Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146
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#6

Not really surprised. Many DIYrs will clean and rebuild a part rather than buy a new one. If we had to pay a service guy 100 bucks an hour to remove, repair, and replace, pretty soon the cost of repair exceeds the cost of a new part.

Since a quick search shows the cost of a typical autoadjuster to be less than a 100 bucks, it wouldn't make sense for a tech to refurbish one. http://www.truckspring.com/heavy-duty-tr...matic.aspx

They are not hard to adjust when you put them back on, but do study up on how to do the initial adjustment. If they are slightly loose then they will automatically tighten, but to the best of my knowledge if you set them up too tight they will not automatically back off.

Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home Cool )
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