horseman Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Great information-really appreciate, I will be checking mine tomorrow. my original post on brake drums has been mis-read by many. I replaced brake drums at about 48,000 mile because PREVIOUS owner evidently had no knowledge on using air brakes or exhaust brake. The original Webb replacement was going to be Almost $2000.00 which I did not go for or use. When I pulled the original drums the heat cracking was way in excess of the DOT standards and heating was so bad drums could NOT be turned. There are numerous companies that can provide brake drums that will fit but they are of very varying Quality. If you can’t match original part numbers try to get equivalent or better in drum weight, hardness, gross axel.weight capacity. I found drums for $74.00 to about $140.00 that after looking at specs would not put on anyones coach. Some were almost 25 lbs less in actual weight. I am very happy with my choice and brakes now work excellent. I check slack adjusters anytime I am under coach for any maintenance- sounds like you are very thorough also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J A Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Most chassis grease is clay based . That's what you should be using on your Chassis and especially on the brake slack adjusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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