From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 04:45:50 PDT
Thanks for the response Mark,
I have the old kind like you have. I did exactly what you said you did but
I will go back over it again and see if I did something wrong. This time
I'll have the book on the floor beside me.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x@nf6x.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] m35a2 emergency brake problem
> Sonny Heath wrote:
> > I have never had any trouble with the parking brake on a deucenahalf but
I
> > sure am having a lot of trouble getting it right on my Humvee. I've got
it
> > to where it holds good but it makes a hellava racket when driving down
the
> > road. If I pull back on the handle until the red light comes on while
> > driving it gets quieter so I know something isn't right.
>
> Do you have the old kind with a single parking brake disc at the input
> to the rear diff, or the new kind where both of the rear service brakes
> are applied by cams?
>
> My truck has the old kind. It didn't hold well or work operate smoothly
> when I first got the truck. It made a world of difference when I
> disassembled the brake mechanism, cleaned the parts, lubricated the cam
> and actuator pins with high-temp brake grease, and then readjusted the
> parking brake system by the book. It's important to adjust the system by
> the book; most of the adjustment is done at the parking brake caliper,
> and the knob on the end of the handle is just for taking up slack from
> minor wear.
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x@nf6x.net>
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