SShep71
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2014
- Location
- San Diego, Ca
Gentlemens, and Ladies.
The forklift is a older Hyster S30, S/N A10D13777, monotrol.
Due to a lack of parking brake, I did the brakes on my forklift yesterday. I cut the drums, replaced the shoes, and cleaned the backing plates/hardware. I did not remove the backing plated from the machine as I did not see a reason to at the time. The question I have is about the "cam" style adjustment on the backing plate. I have done a significant amount of drum brakes in the past, but I have never come across this type of adjustment before. I under stand that the cams are to be adjusted from behind the plate with the bolt head, however the front adjustment is not accessible. It is completely blocked by the plate that the uprights mount to. There is no access to the system once the drum is on, and there are no access holes in the drum.
The entire system is reassembled and there is still no parking brake, the manual doesn't give any information about how to adjust the brakes shoes, or the parking brake. The parking brake adjustment on the lever is at its max, and there are no visible issues with the cable system, from what I can see the cable adjustments are already at their max. Is there a method for adjusting these shoes that I missed somewhere? I have searched and I cannot find anything relevant. I do not want to pay the forklift guy 600.00 (yes that is the quoted price) to come to my shop and adjust the brakes. Thanks for the help
The forklift is a older Hyster S30, S/N A10D13777, monotrol.
Due to a lack of parking brake, I did the brakes on my forklift yesterday. I cut the drums, replaced the shoes, and cleaned the backing plates/hardware. I did not remove the backing plated from the machine as I did not see a reason to at the time. The question I have is about the "cam" style adjustment on the backing plate. I have done a significant amount of drum brakes in the past, but I have never come across this type of adjustment before. I under stand that the cams are to be adjusted from behind the plate with the bolt head, however the front adjustment is not accessible. It is completely blocked by the plate that the uprights mount to. There is no access to the system once the drum is on, and there are no access holes in the drum.
The entire system is reassembled and there is still no parking brake, the manual doesn't give any information about how to adjust the brakes shoes, or the parking brake. The parking brake adjustment on the lever is at its max, and there are no visible issues with the cable system, from what I can see the cable adjustments are already at their max. Is there a method for adjusting these shoes that I missed somewhere? I have searched and I cannot find anything relevant. I do not want to pay the forklift guy 600.00 (yes that is the quoted price) to come to my shop and adjust the brakes. Thanks for the help