From: jonathon (jemery@execpc.com)
Date: Sat Jun 15 2002 - 19:00:28 PDT
Joe,
>Here's the latest. I pulled the left front wheel off and tried to pull off
>the drum. I removed the 3/8 bolts around the drum, but it wouldn't come
>off. Not sure if it should so I quit.
I thought I would be smart like you and just remove the drum from the hub so
as to not have to remove the whole hub and get into the bearing mess. But it
didn't work. After I had the whole hub/drum off and all nuts removed I
tried hitting it with large hammer (with a board in between!) and it would
not move so I gave up on that idea. Best to keep them together. Besides,
you going to need that 3" 8 point socket someday, might as well get it now!
> Noticed it had a hole in the drum
>for inspections or something and I could see the shoes thru it. Got my wife
>to press the brake pedal and both shoes moved at the top. These appears to
>be no oil or grease on the shoes either.
Sounds good so far.
>So here's today's question. Can I check to see if the hydraulic pressure is
>high enough when I press the brakes. I thought about putting a gauge on the
>line, but I suspect the pressure is very high. I don't have a gauge over
>500 psi. Is it possible the piston in the master cylinder is binding.
I think you'd want a 2500 psi gage and then the problem is how do you bleed
a gage??? It might be possible that one or more brake hoses have collapsed
and pinched off the fluid flow, this is not unusual for an old hose. There
are four of them as I recall.
Try this.... open up the bleeder on each wheel cylinder and try pumping the
brakes (open, push pedal down, close, let pedal up), see if fluid squirts
out, do them one at a time that is. This test should tell you more.
later,
je
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