Small fire

[billy]

I caught my parking brake pad on fire today.
I forgot to release it and drove about 100 feet when the cab filled with smoke
I stopped and looked under there
Sure nuff a little bit of flame.
Used my fire extinguisher for the first time in my life

[W_A_Watson_II]

Except for using the Fire Extinguisher, I've been there and done that, as I'm sure almost if not all of have.

[Cal_Gary]

Yep, me too....
Gary

[just me]

Mine doesn't work like that. If I set the brake, you aren't rolling! Glad it wasn't serious.
(You might want to check the seal and change the oil after heating it up like that.)

[billy]

I will check for leaks.
I dont have another 50 bucks for new 50w synthetic oil so i hope its ok.
The brake pad was soaked in oil when I bought the truck and I was suprised it worked at all.
It still works too!

[just me]

If it wasn't oil soaked, it wouldn't have smoked up so fast. Would not have caught fire. And most likely wouldn't have let you drive. You may want to replace the leaking seal. I have found that "Oil Eater" from O'Rielly's Auto works a charm for cleaning the friction material on the band. (and the winch brake.)

[billy]

I replaced every conceivable seal and installed kwik sleeves when I got the truck.

It could have been really bad.
I was way the heck out in the woods by myself

[jjefferson]

Did the same thing once on a shaft brake on a ship I used be Captain of up in Alaska. The ship was an old minesweeper converted to the passenger trade, had Cleveland Diesel engines - all stainless and bronze (no ferrous metal for mines).

Anyways, for reasons i forget, the starboard engine was not working so we put the shaft brake on, which is basically a big brake band. Turns out the brake would not stop the shaft from spinning (shaft as like 5 or 6 inches in diameter). It would work sometimes, and as soon as you left the engineering spaces it would spin. Long story short - eventually lots of smoke and alarms, and then trying to put out molten metal dripping into a bilge full of oil....fun times. Sure we sucked some good stuff into my lungs that day..will find out in 20 years or so.


This is a link from a previous post, 12 cyclinder Cleveland on the other ship i was running as well. Wish I had taken more pictures.

http://www.g741.org/PHPBB/viewtopic.php ... 5&start=15


Jim






Jim