That was a relief, the brake drum came right off after getting it free, I think the issue is the left half of the wheel cylinder had trapped pressure on it from the right piston that seems to be stuck. If I would have just loosened up the bleeder it probably would have retracted. If you look closely, I cracked the left brake lining near the top. The brake linings look pretty cruddy and barely worn, but will probably get re-lined at some point. The brake drum shows almost no wear either at 2300 mile. I'm also wondering if the brake spring is backwards or something, since it kind of bows, and drags over the parking brake linkage?

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Last edited by 4100 Fire Truck; 05/10/2018 12:28 AM.