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After almost a year I am replacing the rear brakes on my truck that were failing me in Ouray last year. I just got the drums turned and the shoes, bearings, and seals will be in this week. Along with those I have a new dual diaphragm booster and master cylinder on order. Everything looks better than I expected it would. Look out Ouray here I come.
This pic shows what happened to my rear brakes before I actually arrived in Ouray last year. Several days earlier I wheeled up to the Latir Lakes in northern New Mexico for a day of fly fishing at the top of a mountain only accessible by a primitive trail that went straight up for four miles. The owners of the land commented that the trail has never been improved so that visitors who have the nerve to go will get a real primitive experience. Going up was awesome, but coming down was something else. Needless to say I was in 1st gear low range with the brakes floored for so long that I super heated them big time. I never ?ride? the brakes, but this was different. The owners of the land have you sign a form and pay ten bucks to go up there and defy death coming down.
Once in Ouray things got even worse. At the top of Imogene Pass my brake booster popped the inner diaphragm and began hissing loudly under the dash. I guess the pressure differential from the altitude got to be too much and it just blew. When we finally arrive in Telluride the brake pedal was to the floor and I didn?t think I would be able to stop. As it turned out I was okay for the rest of the trip by repeatedly backing up the road at the KOA and self adjusting the rear brakes to max. The one diaphragm I had left on the booster gave me some power assist to go along with a full pedal.
I recommend checking your brakes if your going to Ouray this year. Looking in the inspection hole showed good brake pads, but I knew they couldn?t be that good after what I had done to them.
[ May 25, 2004, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: AZ J20 ]
This pic shows what happened to my rear brakes before I actually arrived in Ouray last year. Several days earlier I wheeled up to the Latir Lakes in northern New Mexico for a day of fly fishing at the top of a mountain only accessible by a primitive trail that went straight up for four miles. The owners of the land commented that the trail has never been improved so that visitors who have the nerve to go will get a real primitive experience. Going up was awesome, but coming down was something else. Needless to say I was in 1st gear low range with the brakes floored for so long that I super heated them big time. I never ?ride? the brakes, but this was different. The owners of the land have you sign a form and pay ten bucks to go up there and defy death coming down.
Once in Ouray things got even worse. At the top of Imogene Pass my brake booster popped the inner diaphragm and began hissing loudly under the dash. I guess the pressure differential from the altitude got to be too much and it just blew. When we finally arrive in Telluride the brake pedal was to the floor and I didn?t think I would be able to stop. As it turned out I was okay for the rest of the trip by repeatedly backing up the road at the KOA and self adjusting the rear brakes to max. The one diaphragm I had left on the booster gave me some power assist to go along with a full pedal.
I recommend checking your brakes if your going to Ouray this year. Looking in the inspection hole showed good brake pads, but I knew they couldn?t be that good after what I had done to them.
[ May 25, 2004, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: AZ J20 ]
and CUL Don S..
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