Carrier Brake problems

[Jordan Baker]

Well good news all around

I picked up some NOS brake shoes today. They matched up perfectly to the ones I removed other then the pading being much thicker.

I also removed the bearings and seals from the hubs. I ended up destroying one of the seals as it would not come out easily. It had a bit of rust holding it in and thankfully I have two spares. I cleaned up the bearings and repacked them tonight while watching some TV. I also cleaned out the old grease inside the hubs.

Tomorrow I am going to get the brake backing plate cleaned up and painted along with the inside of the drums.


Rob, you mentioned....

Clean out the inside of the metal cone attahced to the backing plate, and also clean out the little pee hole at the bottom of the cone. This will allow any oil or grease that do sneak past the seal to go outside of the drums and away from the shoes.

I removed both cones and cleaned them up along with all the crud that had built up over the previous 60 years. However I could find nothing of this small pee hole. Is it on the cone or the backing plate?