rude_day Posted June 4 Report Posted June 4 Congrats on the new to you pickup! What are the plans for this one? Quote
uberkevin Posted June 4 Author Report Posted June 4 6 hours ago, rude_day said: Congrats on the new to you pickup! What are the plans for this one? Really not to sure yet. Maybe just slowly fix the little things. Right now the brakes are step 2. Quote
datzenmike Posted June 4 Report Posted June 4 1/ You should be able to stop faster than go. 2/ Next is steering and suspension, so that you have a better chance of avoiding and accident than relying solely on just the brakes. 3/ Then tires, which ties 1/ and 2/ together. Quote
uberkevin Posted June 10 Author Report Posted June 10 (edited) On 6/4/2026 at 4:52 PM, datzenmike said: 1/ You should be able to stop faster than go. 2/ Next is steering and suspension, so that you have a better chance of avoiding and accident than relying solely on just the brakes. 3/ Then tires, which ties 1/ and 2/ together. Oh she stops faster then goes, forsure. If I drive it around the block you can definitely tell shes pulling the brakes, dragging. Like they are lightly pressed. Stops as soon as im not on the gas. Kinda fun, dont need to touch the brake to stop.. I thought maybe if I drove down the street real fast it might loosen something 🤔 it didnt haha so gotta get her in the air that all the wheels off. But my back is fucked.. again. Bad! Luckily for me its a work related injury. Might be out a few weeks. My muscles on my left side are all pulling. Back muscles, front core/pelvic muscles, down my left leg. Ive had back problems for a while now and just havent had the time away from work to really try to heal and build strength. Believe it or not, the chicken room in the deli at Costco is easily the most physically demanding job, and especially THIS Costco, small crew of dudes that actually work the way they need to in order to get the job done properly. About a 1000 chicken a day, one oven full of chickens '30' chicken every 20 minutes, they take about and hour and a half to cook, with 6 ovens running mostly all day. If we are lucky there are two people in the chicken room, normally one person pulling cooked chickens out and one person skewering birds and putting them in the ovens. One box of birds has 10 birds a box, about 60 pounds but up to 70, smallest ive seen is about 55 pounds. Ive been doing this for about 11 years almost, ill say actually, ive probably done the chicken room 8 years if i account for the times im in the production room. Anyway! Its alot of work with extremely repetitive motion on hard floors. And im not necessarily complaining, I like the fast paced go go work hard get the job done, but it is to much. The turn over rate is pretty nuts, the amount of grown men and young men that CAN NOT do this job is unreal, ive seen maybe 50 people come and go and either left Costco all together or left the deli on medical leave to never come back. I will add that its not just the chicken room why people leave... they do NOT wanna work at a fast pace...CANT!. I wouldnt even say fast, they just dont know how to work! Its like they never learned to work even tho they've had other jobs. Its sad. Im extremely greatfull my grandfather taught me how and why its important to work hard. Edited June 10 by uberkevin 2 Quote
datzenmike Posted June 10 Report Posted June 10 Dragging brakes: REAR... Are the rear drums or caliper too hot to touch.???? Is there a burning clutch smell???? Spin wheels by hand and adjust the brake adjuster till there is just noticeable drag. E brake properly adjusted? I've run over a stick and had it jam in the e brake cable Do you have rear disc brakes???? If yes, did you put a disc brake residual valve in the master. If not a drum brake residual valve will maintain 10-12 PSI in the rear brake circuit. Disc brake residual valves typically run 3 or 4 PSI. FRONT... Is one or both front wheels dragging? Pedal play not adjusted. Should have 1/16" of pedal looseness before the push rod begins moving the brake master or the piston inside can't return fully and let all the fluid return into the brake reservoir. In rare circumstances the inside of the flex hose can de-laminate and become a one way valve trapping pressure holding the caliper on. This would only affect one wheel. Caliper may be seized. Only affects one wheel. Quote
bananahamuck Posted June 10 Report Posted June 10 (edited) I can walk around all day bending over and what-not during harvest on spongy semi soft ground .. But standing in one place or on hard surface doing literally nothing , my back will burn like its on fire , right about / or just below where that patch is.. Does wearing a lift belt super tight help even a little bit? I will say though,, if the chicken stops, there will be riots. . Edited June 10 by bananahamuck 1 Quote
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