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| | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 | I'm wondering if other people have experienced this.... I started to take the truck for a Sunday drive and heard a horrible grinding noise from the front end. As it turned out, one of the Huck brake shoe retaining pins had come off. It had fallen to the bottom of the brake drum along with the spring it is inserted through. Looking at it, it seems like a design flaw since the pin only is L shaped where it hooks on the backing plate. Seems like it should be more J shaped. Prior to this, I have not driven the truck much (about 10 miles) since I installed the brake shoes. Did I just not install it correctly? Or has this happened to anyone else? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 311 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 311 | Did you install the correct anchor pin retainers? Curt | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 | From the diagram Curt supplied, the part that is labeled "pin" is what came off. It was OK for 3 or 4 very short trips. Now I'm wondering if this could happen again? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Not if you put the lock on correctly and make sure it's set.
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Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 | Daves46-I have lots of those Huck parts if you need a pin or anything.
Good luck
Jim | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 | Jim,
Thanks for the offer - I'll keep it in mind. Seems like this was "user error" on my part.
Thanks,Dave | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I think the question is about the retainer that goes through the middle of the little spring on the side of then shoe. It is not about the pin locks. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Daves46pu,
I looked at the ones I am using and some new ones I bought and they are all bent at 90 deg. I don't know why yours came off unless your springs are defective some how. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I have an update. The old ones that came off are bent more than 90 deg and my new ones are not. I am not using the new ones because of other problems with them. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 170 | Thanks truckernix - I was looking at the pins and wondered why they were 90 degrees, seem they should be more. | | |
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