Travel trailer brakes - magnet question
No photos, sorry. Brakes are similar to those in Sticky thread here. 3 major parts - 2 shoes and magnet on some "arm", for lack of better word. Being not a mechanic, I hope my descriptions make sense....
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Thanks guys.
The whole thing has been assembled already, and i would hate to go through this mess again - removing the wheel, drum, washing the 2-days old lubricant out, re-packing the bearing. There is nobody here to have them looked at. I have just learned that $$$ mechanic in town in inaccessible with trailer, small garage in back alley or a street like an alley, if you can imagine those Mex towns.
After some thinking, I "doubt" that the clip was lost, as the magnet didn't come off the cross-shaped pin completely.
Have just got an opinion from the camp neighbor, he says the shoes are out of alignment after my cleaning :), and magnet will eventually wear to where it should be. Says he always adjusts his drums so that there is some sound and some drag, and he likes it better this way. I realize that this is just an opinion, though he's got thousands miles under his belt as 8-wheeler driver. And, the word is, there is hole under the drum for adjusting with screwdriver if necessary - I don't know anything about this, and don't like doing something that I don't know.
Together with this neighbor, we "adjusted" it a little without taking drum off. I rotated the wheel and he pushed the brake pedal few times. It goes a little better now, spins a few inches when I let it go. Other 3 wheels spin like on a bicycle, and the guy says they are too loose, to his taste. The trailer has very little mileage, bearings are good.
Yes, I thought about loosening the bearing nut, but removing the dust cap and pin means re-packing the bearing, with all the sand and dust flying around.
The whole thing has been assembled already, and i would hate to go through this mess again - removing the wheel, drum, washing the 2-days old lubricant out, re-packing the bearing. There is nobody here to have them looked at. I have just learned that $$$ mechanic in town in inaccessible with trailer, small garage in back alley or a street like an alley, if you can imagine those Mex towns.
After some thinking, I "doubt" that the clip was lost, as the magnet didn't come off the cross-shaped pin completely.
Have just got an opinion from the camp neighbor, he says the shoes are out of alignment after my cleaning :), and magnet will eventually wear to where it should be. Says he always adjusts his drums so that there is some sound and some drag, and he likes it better this way. I realize that this is just an opinion, though he's got thousands miles under his belt as 8-wheeler driver. And, the word is, there is hole under the drum for adjusting with screwdriver if necessary - I don't know anything about this, and don't like doing something that I don't know.
Together with this neighbor, we "adjusted" it a little without taking drum off. I rotated the wheel and he pushed the brake pedal few times. It goes a little better now, spins a few inches when I let it go. Other 3 wheels spin like on a bicycle, and the guy says they are too loose, to his taste. The trailer has very little mileage, bearings are good.
Yes, I thought about loosening the bearing nut, but removing the dust cap and pin means re-packing the bearing, with all the sand and dust flying around.
