Originally Posted by
Ratltrap
Yep, the brakes are self adjusting, each brake assembly on each wheel should under the proper conditions adjust themselves every time you apply the brakes and then let off the brakes and it goes back to neutral position. I didn't want you to pull out the master cylinder, just pull forward on the tongue, as long as you saw the fluid bubble up inside the master cylinder when you pushed in on the tongue then the by-pass is working properly and the free play on the master cylinder rod is good. I was concerned that perhaps your brakes were not releasing properly which caused overheating therefore screwing up the bonding issue with your brake pad material from the brake backing plate. Here is what I would do, I would get a new set of pads, if you can get the riveted shoes then that should cure the problem, if all you can get is the bonded shoes then I would find a brake shop that relines brakes and send them the pads and have them drill and rivet them. Send them the new pads along with one of the old ones so they can see the area that the piston hits and have them put in a few rivets in non contact areas. That should cure your problem. I have worked on many industrial pieces of equipment that you could not buy off the shelf parts for and clutches, brakes and brake pulleys that would have to be rebuilt, glue and rivets together are the only way to go in many applications.
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