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Re: [Fot] TR3 10" brake question

To: "Don Marshall" <dmar823@gmail.com>, "Friends of Triumph" <FOT@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3 10" brake question
From: Bill Tobin via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:48:16 -0400
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Hi Don, been there, done that with my TR6. The shoe linings are too =
bloody thick.
You can turn the drums but why waste good material in the drums.
I can't find anyone to cam grind the linings like shops used to do. Some =
called it arc grinding.
One trick that Uncle Ted taught me: grind a small amount of material off =
the metal brake shoe end where it contacts the wheel cylinder and the =
brake adjuster. (I'm not sure what your shoes look like; I'm assuming =
that they are similar to mine) This will bring the shoes slightly closer =
together.
I've run into this problem with several different suppliers.
Good luck, Bill
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Don Marshall via Fot=20
  To: Friends of Triumph=20
  Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:04 PM
  Subject: [Fot] TR3 10" brake question


  My '57 TR3 (street car) has Girling 10" drums on the rear.=C2  The new =
shoes I just got are too thick for the drums to fit over them.=C2  Based =
on the TR3 shop manual I'm putting them on correctly.=C2  Has anyone =
else experienced this with new shoes?=C2  I guess I can either sand the =
shoes down or have the drums turned enough to make them fit. This is a =
very low mileage car so there's plenty of meat in the drums.=C2  If =
there's better answer I'd like to know what it is.=C2  Thanks, Don=C2=20


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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi Don, been there, done that with my =
TR6. The shoe=20
linings&nbsp;are too bloody thick.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>You can turn the drums but why waste =
good material=20
in the drums.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I can't find anyone to cam grind the =
linings like=20
shops used to do. Some called it arc grinding.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>One trick that Uncle Ted taught me: =
grind a small=20
amount of material off the metal brake shoe end where it contacts the =
wheel=20
cylinder and the brake adjuster. (I'm not sure what your shoes look =
like; I'm=20
assuming that they are similar to mine) This will bring the shoes =
slightly=20
closer together.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I've run into this problem with several =
different=20
suppliers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Good luck, Bill</FONT></DIV>
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  <A title=3Dfot@autox.team.net href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>Don =
Marshall via=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 19, 2015 =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Fot] TR3 10" brake=20
  question</DIV>
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  <DIV dir=3Dltr>My '57 TR3 (street car) has Girling 10" drums on the =
rear.=C2&nbsp;=20
  The new shoes I just got are too thick for the drums to fit over =
them.=C2&nbsp;=20
  Based on the TR3 shop manual I'm putting them on correctly.=C2&nbsp; =
Has anyone=20
  else experienced this with new shoes?=C2&nbsp; I guess I can either =
sand the=20
  shoes down or have the drums turned enough to make them fit. This is a =
very=20
  low mileage car so there's plenty of meat in the drums.=C2&nbsp; If =
there's=20
  better answer I'd like to know what it is.=C2&nbsp; Thanks, =
Don=C2&nbsp;</DIV>
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