dat521gatherer Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 10+ years later i now know why my 72 521 doesn't stop after several brake jobs. it never stopped correctly after i did my king pins. hint hint. i always thought this might be the problem but never looked at it due to laziness i guess. the part that pisses me off is not only am i a jackass but so are the shops that looked at it and they get paid for that shit. MY FUCKING HUBS ARE ON BACKWARDS!!!:eek::eek::eek: i'm guessing this will fix my problem. i kept telling everybody it stops on a dime when going in reverse.:D i win the jackass of the decade award for this one. hell i almost got rid of my truck a few times cause it wouldn't stop. Quote Link to comment
Gary Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 bahaha good work i have quite a lot of those moments :( Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 you wouldnt believe the relief i feel just knowing all i need to do is swap sides. my plan a was to take the whole brake system including the lines off my 71 and put them on my 72. my 71 is the daily beater mind you. then buy the whole system out of the yard and put it on my 71. probably why i never got around to it. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 This is why the leading and trailing brake shoes mustn't be swapped. Those shops should have noticed the shoes were in the wrong positions. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I am betting that this isnt so much of a problem with the shoes on the wrong sides as it is a much bigger problem with the backing plates being on the wrong sides and the wheels cylinder is then backwards. The piston now only works good in reverse. When they are all installed correctly, they don't stop worth a damn in reverse. However, Disc brakes solve both of these problems.:cool: Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 done deal. the dog bones were on the correct side. the spindles with backing plates and wheel cylinders were pointing in the wrong direction. left side came apart easy right side king pin was seized in the dog bone and i had to take it to the machine shop and before i knew it i had to do the king pins again. oh goody. good thing i had a spare new king pin set cause they're getting hard to find. stops great now.:) Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I replaced my Kingpins and one day the steering was hard. Find out one side started seizing up. Datsunmike and Mklotz suggested heating it up with a torch and I shot new grease in there and it was fine after I worked it abit. Rockauto had Kingpin sets. its the 11mm threaded wedge that getting hard to come by. Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Quote Link to comment
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