Last edited on Sat May 11th, 2019 02:52 pm by Arthur

Arthur wrote:
Broke something in the right drum brake...
Damn freeze/thaw cycles...
(Shouldn't have put parking brake on. Or I shouldn't have try to loosen it the way I did)
Oh yeah so I checked that out a couple weeks ago...
One cold morning the parking brake stuck bad and after a while let go with a bang.
After that my right drum brake wasn't working right...

Well there's your problem:






So those were brand new shoes when I changed 'em in November, other side is fine.
I went for the "heavy duty, riveted" ones.
Nothing left, no lining, no rivets. I didn't find any debris anywhere or rivet leftovers, looks like everything just vaporized
Everything in there is new from November, hardware, cylinder, shoes. Everything allready so dirty, looks like my shoes turned to dust.
Also the drum is clean, no score marks from the rivets/backing.

The parking brake lever thing that goed in between the two shoes/parking brake handle also fell out of its "sockets" and was loose in there, THAT could have been worse if it jammed itself somewhere while driving.

Did the lining freeze to the drum and when I drove away ALL the rivets broke and then I just had a bunch of loose lining in there? didn't sound like it.


Also, doen't spend the extra $$ to get those "special coated" drums for harsh environments (Even if it's not much more at all)
Drums changed November 4 with the rest, this is what they look like now:





Some rattle can paint every once in a while does a better job.

Last edited on Tue May 14th, 2019 07:22 am by Arthur

Replaced my grill emblem.

Last edited on Wed May 15th, 2019 09:18 am by jkeaton

So I get notifications when new rangers arrive at the Junkyard.
Thursday night i get a message there's a grey 2007 arrival.
Then on friday my alternator craps out and kills my battery, so to the junkyard I go on saturday.
And lo and behold, its a 2007 FX4 level II :O (pretty rare around here, in yards anyway)

So after 1 day there... backglass was gone, lights, hood, grill, doors, interior, tailgate, even the shocks lol ( it had 260000km)
What was left was rusted out bad! bed was swiss cheese under the liner, frame looked like scabs over scabs etc..
It had a steel driveshaft, bent by the lift.
Maybe I should have gotten the pre -08 blocks.

I did get the fender flares, and a explo diff cover

So I installed a brand new expensive alternator today along with a new battery.

Last edited on Sun May 26th, 2019 05:17 pm by Arthur

Last edited on Sun May 26th, 2019 09:07 pm by Arthur