Brakes Finally Finished!
After all the work last year on the brakes, she still wasn't stopping right. So in January we stripped her down again. The brake shoes were fouled, so after a bit of heating and sanding we got rid of the gunk and set about seeing what had been happening. It turned out I was a little over enthusiastic with the copper grease in the brake adjuster. After a really good clean and a damn good bleed the pedal was hard, but still not where I wanted it to be. The brake adjusters are fairly rudimentary, but require a lot of pressure to seat the shoes against the drums properly. I had not realised just how much pressure was needed! A few more adjustments were needed. We took her for a road run and gave the brakes a good test (Which were binding to begin with) and I have got them right where I want them now. First heavy test and I got a gut full of steering wheel and everything from the crew shelf ended up on the floor. Here are some pictures from one of our shows last...