Hi Mark,
I believe that you have the boot in the wrong place. You are right,
things can't slide with the rubber under the plate nearest the backing
plate. I think this is how it goes together.
Slide the first clip in, tabs up & open end away from the parking brake
lever.
Place the boot & brake lever together into place with the boot outside
of this first plate.
Place the second plate with open end toward the brake lever & on top of
the rubber boot flanges.
Lock the second plate into the tabs of the first plate.
This places the rubber around the first plate, & somewhat under the
second plate, where there should be room for things to slide. Put some
brake grease on the sliding surfaces.
Regards,
Dave Russell
BN2
Mark and Kathy wrote:
> I just installed a new rear wheel cylinder along with new retaining
> clips and a rubber boot on my BT7. It appears that the boot goes
> on first then the "bent end clip" and then the straight retaining
> clip. Now one of the resource manuals mentions that the cylinder
> should slide a bit. Mine does slide a little when I pull the wheel
> cylinder lever but it doesn't return to its home position easily so
> the brake drum will continue to rub on the shoes until I manually
> return the cylinder to its original position. I even hooked all the
> springs and rods up to it and it still won't return to a place where
> the drum isn't rubbing on the shoes unless I force it back in place.
>
> With the rubber boot under the clips how the heck is the cylinder
> suppose to slide smoothly? That's like trying to slide bare butt
> across a wood floor.
>
> Thanks Guys, Mark
|