Carrier Brake problems

[Jordan Baker]

Hi everyone

Well I finally got around to installing the brake shoes back on the UC today. Besides my hands freezing and one of the aduster plungers continously falling to the ground everytime I tried to fit the shoes on everything went well.

As for the springs I only had to open up the ends of them a bit by forcing a bolt into them with the help of a vise. Out of the package they wouldn't seat properly on the little post that are on the backside of the shoes.

So far its , once I get the other side done it will be

[carrierbarry]

Jordan

Thanks for the tip about brake springs from Mac's.

I just recived some springs from Mac's, apart from opening the ends up a little did you have any other problems?

I haven't tried them yet but next to the old ones they look a little to long.

Regards

Barry
London. UK

[Jordan Baker]

Mine all installed fine. The actual coiled spring part was a bit shorter then the originals. But the overall length of the spring was the same.

I just go my hubs reinstalled yesterday. With a long weekend coming up Im hoping to get the brake linkages all back to speck.

[Jordan Baker]

With a long weekend coming up Im hoping to get the brake linkages all back to speck.

What a long weekend it was. Just the other day I managed to get the linkages back into the machine. I also used my new track jack to put the tracks back on. Oh it was sooo easy now that I have a proper tool to do this.

I did try out the steering/ brakes before putting the tracks on and the sprockets did stop as they were supposed to. However there seemed to be a bit of drag occasionaly. Perhaps once I get it out for a drive it will be better.

Thanks to all for the help in sorting out my brakes. Now if I could only get someone to check out those measurements on the 2 linkages I was asking about. I would be ever gratefull