repacked bearings and now brakes seem weak
Yesterday, I cleaned and repacked the bearings on my travel trailer. While I had the drum removed, I cleaned the brake shoes, magnet, and inside the drum with brake cleaner. Everything looked fine a...
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ScottG wrote:DavisK wrote:
Brake cleaner is not for cleaning brake shoes. You should never clean the shoes. You can blow them off with compressed air to remove any loose dust, but no liquids should contact them.
Sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with this. First of all brake cleaner is specifically for cleaning brake shoes and does no harm. You should always wash shoes off after installing and you should clean new drums as well because they have a light coating on them to keep them from rusting. Secondly you should never blow off brake shoes and scatter toxic brake dust.
Another perfect example of "information" or "mis-information". Just a little research will show that ScottG is the winner here.
