Brake Parts.

[WLDNWALT]

I have a 1992 Bluebird TC2000 with Air Brakes and would like to find information on replacement parts for the brakes. Shoes and drums and other needed items. I have never replaced the brake shoes and drums and if I need to, I would like some information on places to purchase.
Thanks,
Walter

 

[ewo1]

206 page Meritor Bus Parts replacement catalog

Meritor Bus Replacment Parts Catalog

SO I have noticed that most of all our busses, your and mine, all have Meritor parts in them. Well I came across a 206 page Meritor Bus Parts replacement catalog which is quite extensive that should help us all when looking for parts. The file is almost 10mb so I cannot upload it here. Here...

www.skoolie.net

 

[sportyrick]

If you are gonna do front and rears then it's time to think about any changes you would like to do as far as axle seals, new air chambers, new chamber air hoses and/or longer studs for Alcoa wheels or even a gear change. Take a look at your S cams and see if the look like they are in good shape, not loose, slack adjusters function well and will take grease, etc. Watch some utube videos on such to get up to speed on what's going on and maybe grab a friend for encouragement and re-enforcement while doing the work. Really toughest part is getting the tires and wheels out of the way so you can get the drums off and see what's transpiring in the brake world. Pic...bought new front hubs for hub centered wheels and drilled out rear axle hubs for longer studs for Alcoa wheels on outside and steel on inside. Also changed rear end from 6:83 to 4:33 after engine and tranny change. All new air chambers, hoses, slack adjusters, everything new or rebuilt before going into bus. This later model rearend also had a temperature sensor so I installed a gauge and it never gets over 130 degrees even on the hottest days attesting to everything working as supposed to (substantiated by heat gun). After a long trip always do a walk around checking hub and tire temps by touch or heat gun to rest assured everything is good in the brake and bearing world.

 

[ewo1]

I have a 1992 Bluebird TC2000 with Air Brakes and would like to find information on replacement parts for the brakes. Shoes and drums and other needed items. I have never replaced the brake shoes and drums and if I need to, I would like some information on places to purchase.
Thanks,
Walter

First thing you need to do, pull the wheels and identify what, if anything, needs to be replaced.
Sourcing parts....

Just about any quality "Truck" parts shop will have, or can get shoes and drums, "S" cams and everything else. Forget about NAPA, too expensive, and all the other car part stores...you need a "Truck" parts house!

google what is in your area.

I can tell you, because of all the exporting going on, there are a ton of truck shops in the Hialeah area of South Florida, good pricing and they all will ship but search locally first.

Also, pay attention to brake shoe numbers. some shoes are actually "Bigger" than the normal stock shoes for any particular model...
When I was shopping shoes, all the parts houses had the smaller standard shoes that would fit and work satisfactorily but there is a reason why the busses were built with the bigger shoes.

Do not sacrifice on this because of cost. Pay the extra bucks and get the correct sized shoes for your application. the manual I uploaded will help you identify parts.


Take a read at post #106 of my build thread. I explain there what I mentioned about brake shoe sizes..

Bus # 9906

School busses used to have a driver window deflector option .. on one hand I love them on the other hand they blocked the view somewhat. Ah yeah, I didn't think about the visibility. Guess my Sea II is going back up on the rear cap.

www.skoolie.net

Oh, and i would seriously consider sportyrick's advice...this is the best time for you to go through the entire system, triple check all your moving and wearable parts and grease everythin up real good.
Your braking system is one area where you SHOULD NOT take ANY shortcuts..... It might get a bit costly but any accident will cost you much more!

 

[WLDNWALT]

Thank You ewo1 and sportyrick for the info. Brakes are a very serious and I will not take any Short Cuts.
Thank You for the info.
Walter

 

[ewo1]

Thank You ewo1 and sportyrick for the info. Brakes are a very serious and I will not take any Short Cuts.
Thank You for the info.
Walter

Your very welcome!
Glad I could lend a hand...

 

[Dragonpop]

Two good sources for part are Fleet Pride and TRP truck parts.

 

[Cheezewhiz]

If you're anywhere near Vegas, P&O Brake is phenomenal.

They do shoe relines, have a bunch of weird stuff on the shelf, know their ****, and are super helpful.

We wound up having to teardown the rears for a reline on the side of a road near their shop, and they had them done the next day-delivered to us.

Also, apparently the number stamped in the side of meritor shoes is NOT the part number of the whole shoe. It's the number for that part of the shoe, before it's welded to the rest of it. Which makes no sense to me at all.