> 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.
Well...
The jeep had a slider valve, which did it's job but on the first pump he had
nothing. He hit the handbrake, which also had nothing because of the broken
cables.
You would have had a tranny brake... He didn't ;-)
J-L
>
> 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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