Monday 19 December........ it's almost two years since I pulled the truck off the road.
My life has hit a few speed humps that have certainly slowed me down this year.
Anyway, today I took a day leave, as did my mate CraigRK of 47 and 49 Chevy fame.
His car:
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His Wife's car: (Well, Truck)
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The plan was to wrap up on the rebuild with new parts of my trucks four corners and brakes.
After getting the new shoes brought in from the USA via Ireland.
So we had cofffee and a chat when he got here at 10.00 as he needed to avoid the M25 morning rush, he had also brought fresh cheese rolls, three meats and and some spreading cheese to have for lunch.
After this we went to the garage, pulled the truck out, onto axle stands and took off the wheels and hubs again.
Multiple photos of the brakes from all angles to use as reference for reassembly.
The other clever thing to do is only one side at a time, keeping the other side as a reference.
Dismantled.
Next up wire brushes, petrol and more brushes to the internals and all the bits that get reused.
One of the reasons Craig came over was that he had this special tool that his dad had given him........
Perfect for pulling and removing as well,as refitting all the highly sprung, springs in the brake system.
There are a total of 9 springs per corner on the rear brakes to disassemble and then get back together, so some logic and some photos does help.
After two relatively easy changes of the rear, it was all done.
New, new new and more new brakes.
Very pleased.
Looking at the brake shoes that I have removed, it again reiterated the fact that one needs to sometimes just get on and spend some money and get stuff replaced.
Then dropped the rear and started on the front end after rolling the chassis back into the garage.
Once the front was done, I started to reassemble it and tightened the wheel down again.............
Just then C wig came around and said to me "Do you thnk you will be needing the brake drum for the new shoes to kick into to stop the truck?"
Aaaaaaarrrrrgghhh!!
Disassemble, refit brake drum and back on with the wheel. Nuts tightened.
Then Craig laughed historically again...... and I knew that something had gone amiss again.
Bugggeerrrrr....!!
There is a little kickback spring on the outer periphery that pushes a plate back once you hit the brake, to release the brake shoe.
He had it n his hand.
Guess what? Yup, on reassembly it had ended up in the box with the old springs.
One more time and we were done.
The rest all went fine and the truck was back on its wheels, all four corners now with me brake parts, brake lines and fuel line.
Last job before shutting shop and heading back indoors at 2.30 was to add in the new part I had made up a couple of weeks ago for the rear brake line.
Using a screwdriver handle, I bent the adapter into a 90' bend to join the chassis joint of the brake line.
This wrapped up the brakes.
To me the chassis and wheels are now done. Only needs the new wheels and tyres once the body work is done.
In closing, a photo took on the Paris Metro over the weekend.
Can you see what is wrong?
Thank you for checking in.