And don't forget ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights, inches, feet,
fathoms, yards, miles and driving on the wrong side of the road!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
2010/9/20 Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> Well, this is from the same people who came up with shillings, pence,
> pound and guinea. 20 shillings per pound, 12 pence per shilling, 21
> shillings per guinea. It all makes perfect sense, right?
>
>
> On 9/20/10, Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > I have EXTREME trouble with inches and I do not have any idea who in the
> > name of the God came up with 11/16" and other peculiar measurements which
> > are a fraction of 16. This must have been some sort of punishment, at
> least
> > I take it so now :-)
> >
> > However, I would notice if my shoes were over 1cm narrower than the drum
> :-)
> > So, yes, my shoes are 2 1/2".
> >
> > I asked my machinist to make tips:
> > ______
> > ______XXXX
> >
> > Where the first bit is a cylinder and the XXXX is the extra length
> needed.
> > They would be then come on top of the tip and be mig welded. This will
> > increase the diameter by 2mm (just less than 3/32"), but this I hope will
> be
> > all right..
> >
> > John and others, Many thanks for helping with the issue!
> >
> > Best, Tadek
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Harper [mailto:ah@jharper.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 12:11 PM
> > To: healeyguy@aol.com
> > Cc: healeys@autox.team.net; tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 front brakes
> >
> >
> > Tadek
> >
> > My measurements more or less confirm Perry's
> >
> > Except that the measurements for Unipart supercessions come out shorter
> > at
> >
> > 2 1/4" shoes 0.603 from face of shoe to post tip (15.32mm)
> > [11/16" = 0.682"]
> > These I noticed when fitted these only just engaged fully with the cam
> > with nothing to spare.
> >
> > However stating the obvious can you confirm that you are fitting 2 1/4"
> > wide BN2 shoes?. If you were fitting 1 3/4" wide BN1 shoes this would
> > perhaps explain the difference.
> >
> > Regards
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