Electric Brakes.. Wheel/Drum move back and forth

Camper G wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
The brakes are normal,

The bolt is not installed corrrectly. The bolt head should be flush against the hangar. You need to use a ball joint press to press/push the bolts serrations into the hangar. Just tightening the bolts won't work. Harbor freight sells them, or you can probably rent one at an auto parts place. Some slop in the spring/hangar assembly is normal and desireable. It is part of what allows the axles to contort the way they do in tight turns.

When i rebuilt the suspension on my layton last year, i asked the rv shop how to seat those bolts. They told me to put a c clamp around both sides if the frame hangar and then drive the bolt in with a hammer. The c clamp keeps both sides of the hangar in place and makes things solid so you can drive the bolt in so it's flush with the hangar. I had to use washers i got at lowes also to make things right. The bolts i got from the kit i bought off eBay were 1/8" too wide in width and when I tightened them down without the washers it pulled my frame brackets in like yours are and i knew that wasn't right. A few dollars in washers and all is well It works well and for what i paid for the complete kit with all new bushings, wet bolts and hangars and equalizers was a very good deal. Of course if you use wet bolts, put a socket over the grease zerk before you drive the bolt into the hangar.

I used my shop vise and layed the shackels on t top of it with a space for the bolt between the vice jaws to drive the bolts into the shackels. Worked great.

As an aside, iagre6 with the comments about older rigs. I may go new soneday but will be pucky if i do. My 1989 Layton is built really well. Heavy and had a one piece aluminum roof which i really like. I'm not a rubber roof fan for many reasons. Just my preference.

Hope this helps and please forgive any typos as im writing this at 0430h on my phone.

-G