When I had to pull Elroy's engine a few years back to replace the rear main
seal, I used a camcorder to document the process and was able to include
verbal reminders to go along with the many useful views. I was then able to
watch the tape through the eyepiece and listen to my comments on headphones
during reassembly.
Todd Snyder
'68 1600 (Elroy)
'68 1600 (Astro)
--- lonestar <lonestar@cmc.net> wrote:
> While I have not performed any brake work on a Roadster, I have on
> various other makes of cars. I discovered many years ago that
> 'documenting' the disassembly with a Polaroid camera saves a lot of
> grief in reassembly when you can't seem to remember how things
> looked. I'm sure a digital camera would make a fine substitute.
>
> Good luck on your brake job.
>
> -- lonestar
>
> On 20 Feb 2003 at 16:55, Allen Blackmon wrote:
>
> > To List,
> >
> > Well, the car is slowly getting closer. I'm now going to replace the
> > rear wheels cylinders and shoes. However, I've never done that before
> > and I'm not sure how to go about it. I haven't yet taken the shoes
> > off, so at least I can see how it goes together. Is there a set of
> > instructions somewhere on how to do it? How do I get the springs on
> > the shoes? Is it easy to get the shoes back on the "hub"? How easy
> > is it to replace the cylinders? And once I get the shoes back on
> > (hopefully), how do I get the drums back on. Help and thanks in
> > advance!!
> >
> > Allen
> > 1970 2000 #13774
/// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|