That's not correct and may or not be cause of all of your clunking. Personally, if you have a 2005 TieDown surge brake actuator, be glad you got that much life out of it.
Mobil 1 Synthetic grease. It's all I use these days for wheel bearings. Its also less than $7/tube at Rockauto.
The important thing is that the grease is NLGI 2 rated which the Quicksilver is
I just use galvanized lag bolts. Used to use carriage bolts but if the nut seizes, you will never be able to get it off without destroying the bolt....major PITA.
It's purpose is to prevent oscillating. Otherwise, when you stopped it would be a constant on/off cycle. It doesn't take much damping. I did buy a new one once and determined the old one was actually fine.
The only times mine made that noise is when the master cylinder failed or they needed to be bled. Also, way out of adjustment drum linings will do this.
Another reason I hate drum brakes.
Yep...drum brakes just pretty much suck.
When I was using my Kodiak disc brakes in salt water, I just rinsed them off when I got home. No issues for over 10 years...lost track of the exact number of years.
I have actually owned the following brakes. I am ranking them from worst to best:
Surge drum
Electric drum
Surge disc
Electric over hydraulic disc
The first two are nearly a tie for worst. Disc brakes stop the best hands down no matter if they are surge or electric over hydraulic.
I have...
looks like it has a speedi sleeve on it already...replace it with a new one.
Those seals are interchangeable. One is a double lip and one is a triple lip
