Hey Guys,
I am going to Lake Powel this week for five days
, so I started to do my check through on everything. For those of you who don't know, I just purchased this boat probably a month ago from a guy who forgot to winterize the motor. The block cracked and he just wanted to get rid of it. He also must have thaught that beaching it without a keel guard was perfectly fine too! Anyways, I just put a new brake actuator on replacing that stupid one that folds up and over you ball, to the one that just goes in and out. After cleaning out all of the lines and bleeding the brakes I was in business. I wanted to check the conditions of the bearings and pads on my drum brakes. When I spun the wheel and applied the actuator with a screwdriver on top (as the insturctions say to do), the wheel didn't stop. I took off the wheel and inspected the bearings. I will replace them in the off season, but still in good shape. Next I looked at the pads and here is where the tables turned. My pads had grease from the bearings all over them. So I think that a seal is probably bad. I again acuate the brakes and they dont even expand the brakes. I thought they would perform differently when I cleaned everything off. I continued to do this and cleaned everything out. Once the tire was mounted, I torqued all the tires to 90 ft lbs and aired them all to about 45psi. Driving home I wanted to make sure the surge brake acuated so I put the brakes on a little hard at a stop sign, got out and it did not go in, it stayed out. I continued down the road and stopped about three times, still no actuation. So I figured it would do it when I backed up. I backed up and then I smelled something. I looked down and the right rear tire was actually SMOKING, but not the left? I did clean out the left one and just repacked to the right. But, I have taken this boat the Lake Pleasant (1.5 hours away) and never had a problem. I have no idea whats going on. Those lines where do full of stuff that fluid has never even reached that wheel until today. I know my car will handle this 1994 Horizon 190 with an Expedition with a V8 if I am unable to get brakes before than. Please help and thank you for your time!