Learned a trick when replacing my jiffy
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I used to have a 1950 MG TD with 4 wheel drum and they were mechanical, what a b***h to adjust all four so when I hit the brakes it did not pull to a side. lol
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My truck (69 C-10) has drums all around. They're "not too bad" around town in dry weather, but they blow chunks in the wet or trting to haul it down from 70mph. The rear locks up in the wet (with an empty bed) and they fade to nothing on the highway. Once I get the bike "done", the truck is due for some work. Discs all around and AC for sure. Maybe a 5 speed Tremec. I don't drive it much because of the horrible mileage and heat.
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Ditto on this. Unless they are different on and Ultra. I followed the manual on how to service. You take the locking lug off the top and rotate the stand forward, hook the spring, then rotate it back and put the lug back on. One wrench and 5 minutes.
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Interesting. Makes sense. This thread encouraged me to finally order replacement parts for my worn jiffy so I'll find out for myself in a few weeks.
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You.tube is your friend..... https://youtu.be/1R4aSrcQYAw If you have lowers or engine guards it can get tight to get a wrench in there, but its an easy fix. This is how I have done it.
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My truck (69 C-10) has drums all around. They're "not too bad" around town in dry weather, but they blow chunks in the wet or trting to haul it down from 70mph. The rear locks up in the wet (with an empty bed) and they fade to nothing on the highway. Once I get the bike "done", the truck is due for some work. Discs all around and AC for sure. Maybe a 5 speed Tremec. I don't drive it much because of the horrible mileage and heat.
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Speaking of drum brakes. My wife for some unknown reason fell in love with the Jeep Patriot because of it's body shape being 'more square' than most new vehicles. I kept telling her that it's one of the worst rated cars made today, but she would have none of it. Well, we bought one and she loaded it down with all of the options that she could think of.
When we got home, I was looking at the thing and noticed that a 2017 car still has rear drum brakes!!!!!
Fortunately, she began to hate it after a month or so and we took a bath and traded it on something else.
I'm not putting the car down. It was a nice car for what it was designed for, but not for older adults (God, that hurt to type). It's a nice college kid car basically.
When we got home, I was looking at the thing and noticed that a 2017 car still has rear drum brakes!!!!!
Fortunately, she began to hate it after a month or so and we took a bath and traded it on something else.
I'm not putting the car down. It was a nice car for what it was designed for, but not for older adults (God, that hurt to type). It's a nice college kid car basically.
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You.tube is your friend..... https://youtu.be/1R4aSrcQYAw If you have lowers or engine guards it can get tight to get a wrench in there, but its an easy fix. This is how I have done it.
