Yikes
Another good demonstration that should spur me to upgrade my SII to dual
circuit brakes...! A failure like that would leave me with nothing at all.
Paul Quin
1961 SII 88
Victoria.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Leon Morin" <offroaddesign@softhome.net>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:13 PM
Subject: [lro] Could be worse... Little Rover content...
>
> Interesting weekend at work... No Land-Rover content
>
> Jeep owner shows up on our doorstep this morning, requesting a brake
> inspection. 1996 Jeep TJ, with serious brake issues. I was thinking blown
> brakeline, from the symptoms described (mush pedal) however I was quite
> puzzled by the fact that the handbrake wasn't working and there was a
> clanking noise coming from the left rear.
>
> Imagine our surprise when we found that the backing plate had sheared and
> torn itself to shreds, ripping brakeline off and tearing off the parking
> brake cable. The backing plate was merrily spinning at axle speed, inside
> the drum, with shoes, wheel cylinder and adjusters still in place (sort
of).
> The inside of the backing plate (which bolts on with 4 bolts) was still
> affixed to the axle tube, and the outside ring to which the wheel cylinder
> and shoes attach, completely seperated in a torn mess of sheet metal.
>
> Kind of an odd failure mode. No excessive sitting time that would have
> caused a rust buildup, he was stopping normally and "crunch".
>
> Weird vehicles, them Jeeps.
>
> J-L
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