Thread: Goats turn for some petting

22 years and 253,000 some odd miles, under light recreational use the brake pads on these trucks were pretty much lifetime. I replaced the front pads for the first time last year when I did wheel bearing/hub assemblies. Felt wrong, they still had a lot of thickness. But anyhow, the last year or so my park brake had got weak, barely holding. I’ve been gathering tools and parts, dove into it this weekend instead of going fishing. 30+ wind gusts made that a little easier decision. I launch load by myself usually, heavy boat and manual trans truck, I like engine off in low AND a park brake that holds while sitting on ramp while I’m in the boat. The Dana 80 in this truck uses separate drum shoes inside the disk rotor/hub for park brake. I really would have bet the lining had separated from the backing with the way they’d been acting. But what I’m seeing, just adjusting them up might have been enough. But reaching through the backing plate to do that is super difficult, especially if you haven’t seen it with the hub off and figured out which way it needs to turn. I just had to see what was going on for myself. Took the opportunity to replace the seals in the hubs while I was in there that deep.


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