thats the way the brakes were that I removed yesterday.
are SRL and SPL brake cylinders a different size?
Russ Southwell 70 1600
Dziuba, Larry wrote:
>>From what I can remember the hooked one goes on first and the open end
>points downward and towards the front of the car. Then from the opposite
>side the mate to it clips in to it. Then the two others (each has a tab in
>the center of them) go from front to back of car and butt up against the
>cylinder housing. Mine were a very tough fit. It made me wonder if I had
>done it wrong. But, these were new from Ross at Sports Imports and they
>came packaged this way. Please let me know if I did it wrong too. Mine
>seemed way too tight. The last shim wanted to spread out and that can't be
>good for keeping the assembly attached to the main brake housing. Larry.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Harvey [mailto:stebharvey@ameritech.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:22 PM
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Rear brakes
>
>
>Hello list,
>
>Inspected the rear brakes on Tuesday and found both froze. Disassembled the
>drivers side and found both the piston and bore in good condition. A light
>cleaning and all is well.
>
>The right side was just inspected and the aluminum bore and piston are
>pitted
>and beyond repair. Are these items still to be found?
>
>I have the manual and followed the layout of the shims as shown on the
>exploded view. There are 4 shims. Two look to be the same having a bent tab.
>One shim has a straight tab on the end. The last shim is curved and appears
>to
>be the keeper shim. Both rear brakes had the shims installed different then
>shown in the exploded view and each side was installed from different ends.
>Now I'm totally confused as to how the shims should be installed. Any
>assistance is appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve Harvey
>
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