BENDIX SD-20-6608 Manuel D’Utilisation

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FIGURE 2 - SERVICE BRAKE APPLICATION
INPUT/
TAPPET 
PISTON
WHEEL 
CYLINDER 
PISTONS
ROLLER/TAPPET 
PISTON
ABUTMENT 
TAPPET
WHEEL 
CYLINDER 
PISTONS
FIGURE 5 - PARKING BRAKE APPLICATION
WEDGE 
ASSEMBLY
FIGURE 4 - REVERSE DRUM ROTATION
inspection holes and manual override access holes are 
covered by rubber grommets.
OPERATION
On brake pedal application, hydraulic fl uid pressure is 
delivered to the wheel cylinder and expander unit. This 
hydraulic pressure forces the wheel cylinder pistons 
outwards, Figure 2, moving the brake shoes against the 
drum. At the same time hydraulic pressure also forces the 
input tappet piston and abutment tappet in the expander 
unit outward, moving the opposite end of the brake shoes 
toward the drum. The expander input tappet/piston pushes 
against one shoe, and the roller tappet/piston pushes on 
the expander abutment tappet and through this to the 
other shoe.
When the brake shoe lining contacts the drum the shoes 
are forced around, sliding on the abutments, in the direction 
Of drum rotation. In the forward direction, Figure 3, the 
torque load from one shoe is taken by the wheel cylinder 
piston bottoming in its bore in the wheel cylinder, and from 
the opposite shoe by the expander abutment tappet resting 
against the expander unit body. In the reverse direction, 
Figure 4, the torque load from one shoe is taken by the 
other wheel cylinder piston bottoming in its bore in the 
wheel cylinder, and from the opposite shoe by the expander 
input tappet/piston head resting against the expander body. 
In this way, regardless of forward or reverse drum rotation, 
the brake will always be a two leading shoe brake.
PARKING BRAKE APPLICATION
On application of the parking brake, the spring actuator 
screwed into the back of the expander unit housing pushes 
the wedge assembly forward. As the wedge assembly 
TORQUE 
LOAD
TORQUE 
LOAD
(ARROW INDICATES DIRECTION OF DRUM ROTATION)
FIGURE 3 - FORWARD DRUM ROTATION
(ARROW INDICATES DIRECTION OF DRUM ROTATION)
TORQUE 
LOAD
TORQUE 
LOAD