Mark01
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Hi All,
I have renewed the handbrake shoes discs and hand brake cable in the hope of getting a hand brake that can hold the truck. I can adjust the shoes nice and snug at the drum but what ever I do the bell cranks on both sides have to move nearly the full pull of the hand brake before the shoes move out to the drum .
I have cleaned and greased everything so all is working. Can anyone tell me if there is any adjustment on the bell crank as it seems to me this is where all the play is now.
The only way I can get a hand brake without it being right at the end of the lever travel is to put some shims under the adjusting nut by the handbrake lever.
Is it possible the small piece of cable that goes from the bell crank to the shoe can stretch.
I have been messing about with this on and off for the last two sunday afternoons and its starting to frustrate me that I cant get it to work very well at all.
Cheers, Mark
I have renewed the handbrake shoes discs and hand brake cable in the hope of getting a hand brake that can hold the truck. I can adjust the shoes nice and snug at the drum but what ever I do the bell cranks on both sides have to move nearly the full pull of the hand brake before the shoes move out to the drum .
I have cleaned and greased everything so all is working. Can anyone tell me if there is any adjustment on the bell crank as it seems to me this is where all the play is now.
The only way I can get a hand brake without it being right at the end of the lever travel is to put some shims under the adjusting nut by the handbrake lever.
Is it possible the small piece of cable that goes from the bell crank to the shoe can stretch.
I have been messing about with this on and off for the last two sunday afternoons and its starting to frustrate me that I cant get it to work very well at all.
Cheers, Mark