We did a little bus painting this week, getting the buses ready for state inspection. For some reason the factory black paint on the eyebrows of this year of blue bird buses doesn't stick very well. So we had about 4 buses that we had to repaint the eyebrows on.
I got a chance to do a set of rear brakes on one of the buses this week. First the brakes had to be backed off by loosening up the S cams. Then the rear duals had to be removed.
Then the drums had to be removed using a drum dolly.
The old brake shoes and hub assembly. The brake springs get cut off cause they will be getting replaced.
The old brake pads. They are worn down to a 1/4 inch which is the lowest they can legal be worn to to pass a DOT inspection.
The hub assembly also got removed to replace the rear seals because they were leaking a little bit
Brake shoes reinstalled and hub put back on with a new rear seal
New brake springs and rollers installed. Every bus gets new springs and rollers when brakes are installed
New rollers on the S cams, which control the adjustments on the brakes. The bus also got new drums, every bus also gets new drums when brakes are installed
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