Went to lamancha (problems)

Brown832 · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:34 pm Post subject: Went to lamancha (problems)

I went to lamancha on saturday, firstly my brakes packed in, or so i thought, maby its the master cylinder any way to tell??
Then my passenger side free wheeling hub snapped all the bolts that hold it in place..

Finally my toein eye ripped of the front of my sj.

Any ideas on how to fix the brakes and the free wheeling hub???
Thanks people,
Daryl

ChrisJTMiller · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject:

Dunno but get it fixed quick and come to Drumclog wi us on the 21/22nd may, www.mudpluggers.com Very Happy

I stay in east lothian and am always looking to get out

logger · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: brakes

just a thought a mate of mine as at wagtail last week.

his brakes packed up halfway through

found out when he got home a brake pad had fallen out so the cylinder was pushing nothing!!!

we reckon is was when he tried to climb a tree in his sj

owen_zuki · Just got MTs Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Odometer: 496

the other thing if your still on drum brakes the rear shoes wear out quite quick and give you really long travel sometimes to the point that you have to pump the brake pedal 2 or 3 times to get anything

Brown832 · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:58 pm Post subject:

U sound about right owen, have to pump it about 2-3 times to feel anything, somone said try bleeding them u rekon that would be benificial??

owen_zuki · Just got MTs Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Odometer: 496

unless you have run out of break fluid it will either have spat a front pad out or the rear shoes will be worn out, i dont no the place youve been to but when we go to tixover quary near peterborough a brand new set of rear shoes last about 4-5 hours then there had it, theres 2 cures i found 1 is drilling holes in the breaking surface of the drum so it pushes the mud and grit out the holes when you break, the other is to convert to discs

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:54 am Post subject:

pull the hand brake up a bit and it that improves your brakes its the rear shoes,they may just need adjusting

Brown832 · Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:18 am Post subject:

Closer inspection the day and ther is a pad missing on the front passenger side new pads all round seems to be in order just to be sure. Thanks guys, now gotta fix the free wheeling hub while am here
Cheers, daryl

owen_zuki · Just got MTs Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Odometer: 496

glad you sorted the brake problem, as far as the free wheeling hub goes the bolts had prob shook loose you will have to try and drill up the middle of the bolts with a small drill and put an easy out in to pull them out, they or get another hub off another axle, As for the towing eye they were never over brilliant you really need to make some decent recovery points up as the std sj ones ent the best

Brown832 · Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject:

Yeh mate, the hub snaped the bolts right out got 5 out of 6 out but the last ones be fussy, al have to check for internal damage.. Cheers mate.