From: Buck & Rami Sharp (bls@inebraska.com)
Date: Wed Sep 18 2002 - 16:49:07 PDT
do the brakes have self adjusters? i just ran into a deal on our recycle
truck it had very little peddal and it got hard like no booster but i found
out the booster was maxed out because no one had adjusted the brakes up for
years the old international will leave rubber now. just curious if these
trucks have self adjusters. your truck has air over hydrulic dont it? you
shouldnt halft to lean on the brakes hard at all i wouldnt think. let me
know if im wrong thanks guys Buck
----- Original Message -----
From: "GOTAM35" <gotam35@sc.rr.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] brakes
> All right, you two guys have made me feel bad enough. So I have a
question
> or two about brake parts.
>
> I know I will have to replace some parts, so does anyone want to share
with
> us all where to get hoses, wheel cylinders and shoes. These are the
things
> that will almost certainly need replacing and I don't want to call just
> anybody. I have seen allot of folks express their dissatisfaction with
some
> "dealers" here on the list. To be honest this is the main reason I have
> been putting off doing anything with the brakes. I do plan to start
pulling
> the drums off one at a time soon and taking a looky.
>
> I do appreciate all advice from everyone. Tom made it sound so simple. I
> have done a few brake jobs on commercial trucks, some with air brakes and
> some hydraulic. Most are simple enough, it's the weight and size of
> everything that will kill you. I think we had a drum that weighted about
80
> pounds once. Not sure why my back is stiff in the mornings now.
>
> As for driving the oversized SUV, I do have a Jeep with power brakes and
I
> do know the difference. My M35 brakes really do suck. I weigh 225 pounds
> and can pick up a large oxygen cylinder (they weigh about 150) flat footed
> and place it on my shoulder. I'm not a brute but I have alittle strength
in
> my legs. To stop my truck I have to put ALL my butt into the brake
peddle,
> and then count to 10. I have driven lots of commercial trucks and this
one
> has the worst brakes of any. The wheels are starting to make that loud
> rubbing sound when I use the brakes. I think I will find some ugly stuff
> when I remove the drums. It's raining today so I might just pull it under
> the shed and pull one off this afternoon.
>
> Besides if big brother is watching this list, I have to look at them now
> because to publicly acknowledge this problem and do nothing about it
> constitutes "willful neglect". Lawsuit stuff, ya know.
>
> One more thing. We have a one inch drive air gun and a set of sockets for
> the lug nuts. Removing the wheels is half the work, so I guess I'm half
> done.
>
> Thanks to all you guys for the wisdom,
> Joe Trapp
>
> From: "Everette" <194cbteng@pchnet.com>
>
>
> > BY NO MEANS TAKE THIS AS A FLAME TO NEW OWNERS OF BIG GREEN TRUCKS -
GLAD
> TO
> > SEE FELLOW/AND GIRLS JOIN THE RANKS OF REAL MILITARY VEHICLE OWNERS
> >
> > Tom I agree with every thing you posted in this article about reworking
> > brakes on M35
> > --- what I feel happens is that a fellow gets a M35 and
> > (a) never had anything this big on wheels -
> > (b) never had anything this old on wheels -
> > (c) has driven new SUV with good brakes and thinks everything should
stop
> > like it did when it was new. and M35 is new to him so should stop the
> same.
>
>
>
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