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| | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 85 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 85 | So I pulled the drivers rear drum off last night... and discovered black goo all over everything... I can only guess this must have at one time been axle grease and brake fluid?, mixed with mud and who knows what...
I was hoping that I would not have to replace all of the shoes back there but it looks like that is a must. what I noticed as I was taking it apart, was that there did not seam to be any rubber, or leather seals in there at all... I am guessing this is the source of my mess.
is there any easy way (aside from elbow grease) to get this crud off of everything so I can finish rehab?
(pics tonight)
-Mike R | | | | | Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 141 | If you have access to a pressure washer,always did the trick for me.If you dont have a bud with one maybe a local rental supply house may have what you're lookin for | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 31 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 31 | You might try cleaning solvent and a parts washing brush with a catch pan underneath. This may be considered the old fashion way but it is effective and does not cost much. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 587 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 587 | Fahr, paint thinner, gasoline if you don't mind smell and on hands, or Brakleen is real clean. Brakleen doesn't last long per can, may take several. I would use that after scraping and wiping as much off as possible.
Far as the seals, they are in the back of the hub you took off to look at brakes. That is I assumed you did it that way. I know some drums come off w/out hub, but hard to do those, too rusty usually. If not, you need to pull the little cover off the end of hub, remove the two nuts in there after bending lock tabs back out of slots, pull off whole hub. The seal is in back, right next to bearing! Try not to let the hub set on new seal when installing and roll out the spring or damage in some way. YOu have to regrease the bearings after cleaning and putting in new seal. the bearings are lubed by the rear end oil, but need some grease to start with when cleaned, serviced. YOu also need to get a shop manual and READ it. This is all in there.
G.L. Grumpy's
Old Iron Ranch
Huntington, IN 46750
MM R tractor, Speedex
and Power King tractors
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 85 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 85 | shop manual is on the way..
it'll be here this week... spent a good part of this weekend with a scrubbie and some parts cleaner... got a lot of it off... got my oil seal at O'reilley's, and that should be going back on after I find a set of brake shoes....
I did take the hub off with the drum, and after I got the new seals was able to ID the remains of the old one, not too bad, but had a big pit in it, looks like it was reused onthe last rebuild and didn't survive the install...
anyway... making slow progress, and hoping the passenger side is not in the same shape.
-Mike R. | | |
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