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Drove the FB from Tamworth across to Taree, with the box trailer full of camping gear plus all the kid's ballast. Weather turned to crap between Nowendoc and Barrington... just in time for the heavy hills. Brakes got a fair workout despite compression braking. Looks like I have cooked the hell out of the passenger front brake shoes. Linings let get a fortnight later as we returned to Sydney, and managed to limp it home. Drum is heavily scored too. To top it off, I broke my thongs whilst pulling it apart yesterday. Not happy, Jan.
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So I need to replace the front shoes, and at least one brake drum. Hoping to keep the FB mobile whilst the brakes are repaired. I'm more than happy fitting and adjusting brakes, but have not had much experience mixing and matching early bits. I could cannabalise the brakes from Grace's ute, though am trying to avoid that.
The spare parts department has a full ball joint front end. Of course it's under the house, so had to spend time pulling half the house siding apart to get at it (with no thongs
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The brake shoes on the spare front end look identical to the FB ones (and Grace's EK ute ones too) - are there any significant differences between the early model front brake shoes?
The drums on the spare front end look waaaay different to the FB ones. The FB ones are ribbed on the outside, whilst the spare front end are smooth on the outside. The drums on Grace's EK ute are smooth too, but have a little "tab" cut into the drum face (if it was pressed steel you could put a screwdriver into the "tab" and bend a bit out, if that makes sense). What are the differences in early model drums?
Cheers,
Harv