i have a 1995 daihatsu hijet jumbo and i just bought it and he said i just needed to bleed the brake for them to work did that and nothing it when down to the floor and the shoe move alittle but not a all the way so they dont work.and the wheel cylinders dont leak and it stays full of fluid.whats wrong?
did any fluid come out when you bled the brakes?...did you start with the rear..then front left,finally front right ? if you dont do it in that order an air bubble will just float around and be very hard to remove from the system
I had the same thing and bleeding didnt help. If you get there too then you probably need to replace brakes or the automatic slack adjuster isnt working and there is too much play for the single pump you are used to. In other words there is too much play or distance between the brakes and the brake drum. The adjuster looks something like a star wheel with a wire dragging on it and when the brake shoes move too much it clicks one tick on the star to tighten the brake shoes some. Make sure the star wheels are free except for the wire pressing against them and brakes arent too worn for the adjuster to fix.
the brake shoes are good.and i have to bleed from the middle in the back because it only has one bleeder and its broke off so i d
Your calipers (if front brakes) are rusted up. You can remove them and rebuild (I suggest buying a rebuild kit), take calipers apart, clean everything steel with emery cloth and lube up with brake fluid and re-build. You can do the same with the rubber boots on your drum brakes. Remember, when using a Mini Truck as a ATV these (brakes) need to be well maintained because a lot of water gets in the calipers and drum assemblies and will rust things up fast!!!
