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speed4life

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Ok oK guys I am new to 4wheelling and trail riding I bought my 88 K5 about 2.5 months ago has been a dream of a vehicle CLEAN CLEAN.

Now here is the deal I have taken it on some trail rides (nothing extreme) just that trails (dirt roads and the normal pot hole)

Went sunday and got a little muddy (no biggy) Been driving it all week to and from work ----- this morning driving to work my truck start making WIERD noises and the dam brakes felt like they were sticking irraticaly. Dont know how to explain it other than that i am getting a thunk noise from the rear and what fells like a bumping fell at the same time

It DOES NOT sound like metal to metal (none of the usual sounds that meatal would make

It has done this around 30mph and also on the highway at like 65mph

I have never used the 4wheel drive yet but to test it before i bought it and thats it - So I can say its not the front wheel drive section ot anything

What I like to find out is it posible that the brakes get clogged up from dirt and crap

Any ideas would be greatly needed if anyone else might have been through this

thanks from


Randall

Roanoke Va.......
 
My truck makes a lot of weird noises. You know what I do?


Turn up the radio! :D :D
 
maybe your e-brake, my cousin took his f@rd wheeling in the sand one time and he told me his felt like that and i checked all over and found out he had the e-brake on!!! figures typical f@rd drivers!!!LOL
 
yes you can get mud in the drums. that can cause problems with braking. you should be able to jack it up, pull the wheel and pull the drum. clean the snot out of it.
 
I took it to a car wash this evening and sprayed the hole under carrage not sure if it will help but I like my truck and turning up the radio or putting noisy tires on is out of the question

I did howevercheck the e-brake and it works fine the brake pedal does however feel sticky at times and with no consitincey at all it to statred this morning with everthing else....


HHHHHEEEEELLLLPPPP
 
yeah. drum brakes can be notorious for crap like that. my sub felt that way for a while when i drove on the road after mudding. id check the drums like chas said. Or you could do what im planning on doing later and convert them to disk. They are alot smoother and not to mention alot easier to work on. But if it feels like the brakes then i would do a full underbody inspection, check all your lines, check or change your fluid, and if you still cant find out what it is then clean the drums, but thats just my $.02.
 
my blazer clunks and rattles and shakes and shimmies too. Must be a k5 thing? I vote for mud in the rotors too!

~Brian
 
Well guys I like to say thanks to you all it was the drums and BOY were they full of crap i took off the drum and the smell that came out of it stunk to high heaven. They were pretty dirty and nasty the cables are fine but i still re-lubed them and cleaned everything


Thanks for everyones help in it

So does anyone here live near Roanoke Va -- we got some great trails in the area along with some good home cookin

If anyone plans on driving this way just hit me up I'll Host and be a "tour guide" lol

Later guys
 
Its mud in the drums.


EDIT- I saw you already figured it out. Thats one of the reasons I dont go "mudding." For one it gets boring after a while, it messes up your brakes, it kills u-joint, kills wheel cylinders, eats wheel bearings, and causes rust. Rocks can do some serious damage too, but if your drive careful its not that bad.
-Harrison
 
87BrnRsd said:
Thats one of the reasons I dont go "mudding." For one it gets boring after a while, it messes up your brakes, it kills u-joint, kills wheel cylinders, eats wheel bearings, and causes rust. Rocks can do some serious damage too, but if your drive careful its not that bad.
-Harrison
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I would like to know exactly just how mud does all this damage. could it be you don't grease anything under your rig and then water gets in.

the rust is because you don't clean your truck afterwards. you could say all the same things about road salt.

Mud never gets boring. I can pull jeeps out all day with a smile.
 
chevy wrangler said:
yup i like mud and down here there is no rust only from people not washing the mud off
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lets here from some more sane people like chevy wrangler
 
Well if wasn't for mud I think CK5 membership would be a tad lower. For most of us the trails are either mud or snow, with the exception of maybe two weeks in the driest of August's!
 
Mud is a blast,rust has never been an issue,and as said keep it all greased,no problems.Might be a pain to wash,but hey!
 
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