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Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #25 –
Bruce would be awesome if you could get a YouTube type video of the process, I know, I will need to do the at some point on my coach, and it sure help a lot of us,
Mike
1999 36 ft U270
Build 5465

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #26 –
Easiest thing to do is get your tools and parts and a good diagram from the MERITOR site,not meteor and use the diagram,you
don't need a video,this is a simple procedure.
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #27 –
Here is a link to the 4M brake book that has been mentioned. Read this first and follow what it says and you will be able to do the brakes if you are a DIY person.
https://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=1701

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #28 –
Thanks Mike takes a lot of the mystery out of it will bookmark this for later this summer
1999 36 ft U270
Build 5465

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #29 –
I gag when I see how much these pins cost. Is there any finish that could be done to old pins that would be effective financially, can the old pins be re-chromed for a reasonable cost?
1995 U320C SE 40'
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Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #30 –
Quote from: Lon and Cheryl –
I gag when I see how much these pins cost. Is there any finish that could be done to old pins that would be effective financially, can the old pins be re-chromed for a reasonable cost?
I agree. By the time you take them to a machine shop and have them ground down and rechromed or nickel plated and reground to size you'll be close to just replacing them. Mine were in horrible shape yet perfect were they were covered by the calipers. Every time I service them I change the worse ones out. You'll find the lower ones will be worse because they collect more salts and grime to hold moisture. Ill just keep buying a couple a year till im caught up

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #31 –
When we had our coach I used to polish the sections I could with a green scrubby pad,made them shine,if anyone actually
removes the pins try putting in a vise and using that,another point,are we sure the pins are chromed? they don't seem to be but
I may be wrong,seems to me you would have the chrome peeling off at some point,looks like there just polished.
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.

Re: Brake Slide Pins

Reply #32 –
I believe they are hard chrome. I also think a lot of brake pins get replaced that are not necessary. The only place that maters is the area the caliper bushings are, and there is very little movement there. Also if you look close at the pins you can see where the caliper runs. When I clean mine I turn mine down they use a different spot. Haven't replaced a brake pin in 8 years. Coach has 130K on it.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
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1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
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