Hi Kenny and list,
As a somewhat related incident, I had a wheel cylinder push rod fracture on
the front left wheel of my M-715 once. I was 10 miles away from home and
had always thought that it would be a disaster if something like this
happened. I found out quickly that the truck downshifted easily and I
could get the speed down to about 5 MPH very quickly and could ease to a
stop from there with the driveline brake. I managed to not only get home
through traffic, but drive it to the brake shop for repair (I didn't know
it was a wheel cylinder at the time). I realize that the whole problem
gets more complicated with an airpack and an automatic tranny as well as a
lot more truck. Good luck with the problem, I hope y'all figure something
our to make it a little less scarry.
best regards,
Jim (KB4IVH)
MVPA# 17216
At 10:07 09/15/2001 -0400, Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
>I think the limiting factor, as far as the M35 goes, is the air pack/booster.
> It has a single inlet and outlet. If you split this system and send one
>line around the booster, you will eliminate power brakes on the one axle.
>Remember that splitting the system,in itself wont work. Both lines need to
>run through a pressure differential switch which senses the loss of pressure
>in that side and closes that side of the system. Even if you were to run 2
>complete and separate brake systems you would still have to engineer a brake
>bias adjustment system. In separate systems a link between the separate
>systems is used and the pedal attached to it. Serious considerations need to
>be made before reengineering a brake system. Just as a hint to all, with this
>single system, make sure your driveline brake is in top notch condition. It
>can be really useful in a crisis brake failure and properly maintained and
>adjusted can be quite effective.
>
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