Mark90 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I have stripped the brake on my 8274 down to service it as it was sticking to the extent I couldn't pull the rope off the drum in freespool and the brake was getting warm when powering out. The brake pads (Gywn Lewis's) had corroded to the brake discs and one of the 4 interfaces was stuck fast. I was just going to put it all back togther with some grease and hope that cured it. But I was thinking that maybe my brake is too tight. When fitted with Gwyn's brake pads (new when winch was rebuild a couple of months ago) it's quite a snug fit to get the circlip on and while the brake rotates relatively freely there is no end float what so ever on the brake discs/pads. Fitting some old uparted pads (not sure of the origin but are not narrow like the standard ones) I can get a very slight end float of a few thou I would guess. Fitting a set of old standard pads gives me about 1mm end float. So what is right? Should there be any end float in the discs/pads when the spring has released the brake? Or should it be snug and any end float is a sign of too much wear? I was wondering if the snug fit keeping the discs/pads in contact was what lead to the corrosion/sticking? Thoughts please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 put grease on the pad faces Mad sounding but the brake still works fine mine was the same no probs since. (as advised by Gwynn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Thanks Tony, I did try calling you last night to see what you thought, about 7.30ish, either you where out or you knew it was me calling Aye Gwyn advised grease when I bought the pads, maybe I should have followed that advice Was going to grease and re-assemble last night but thought I'd check first that it wasn't too tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Mark, yep I'd deffinatly run with grease as it also stops the ball bearings pinging everywhere when you build the brake and corroding at the first sight of water. I'm personally going to try some of Morris' Waterproof marine grease as I think it'll be ideal given the enviroment its working in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Bel Ray motorcross is good stuff, its resistant to hosepipe attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Remove the brake from the winch and then try to fit the brake outers on to the shaft, eg: the round outer and inner part of the brake. If these are tight they will effect the brakes effiency. To cure quite simply use some fine paper or rubbing cloth to remove corrosion and then retry We have also found that when building some winches it is favourable to leave out 1 shim and to give some 'float' B) Hope that helps Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Thanks Jim, but I don't have any shims to remove as it's the early style brake shaft without the shims and has the bigger circlip. Will double check the brake outers are moving freely, although I think they where fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Bel Ray motorcross is good stuff, its resistant to hosepipe attack Cheers, I'll have to give that a look too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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