This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--===============1119028655015502277==
boundary="------------4E096780E105BCF9D7121571"
Content-Language: en-US
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------4E096780E105BCF9D7121571
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
....now that that is sorta settled.. did you look closely to see if the
clevis pin is still round or something akin to a crankshaft in appearance..?
On 7/29/2019 10:28 AM, Michael Oritt wrote:
> I got serious with the car this morning and after loosening the
> locking nut I shortened the rod's effective length by about 1/2", then
> locked everything down and went out for another test drive. I drove
> about 15-20 miles using the brakes from normally to hard, including
> several just-short-of-emergency stops from about 60 mph to 0. Despite
> all this, and with the engine at 180-190 on another pretty hot day the
> brake pedal is staying where it should and everything seems fine.
>
> There is now about 3/4"-1" of free travel after which the brakes
> gradually engage and the pedal is about where it was before I first
> adjusted things a few months back. Why my shortening of the pedal's
> travel did not present a problem at the time I did it is a bit
> baffling and I can only think that lower ambient temperatures must
> have played a role. In any case things seem back to normal, though I
> do plan to replace the heat-shield that i removed when I first fiddled
> with things.
>
> Thanks everyone for their patience and suggestions.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
>
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Healeys@autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/frogeye@porterscustom.com
>
--
Porter Custom Bicycles 2909 Arno St. NE Albuquerque, NM. 505-352-1378 My World
go here: WWW.PORTERBIKES.COM/
--------------4E096780E105BCF9D7121571
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p>....now that that is sorta settled.. did you look closely to see
if the clevis pin is still round or something akin to a crankshaft
in appearance..?<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/29/2019 10:28 AM, Michael Oritt
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAPTa0B7FaXks_tgf8eA1-sQsabJyKHkW57TVwCcL5DBzcjNhPA@mail.gmail.com">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I
got serious with the car this morning and after loosening
the locking nut I shortened the rod's effective length by
about 1/2", then locked everything down and went out for
another test drive. I drove about 15-20 miles using the
brakes from normally to hard, including several
just-short-of-emergency stops from about 60 mph to 0.Â
Despite all this, and with the engine at 180-190 on another
pretty hot day the brake pedal is staying where it should
and everything seems fine.  </span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There
is now about 3/4"-1" of free travel after which the brakes
gradually engage and the pedal is about where it was before
I first adjusted things a few months back.  </span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Why
my shortening of the pedal's travel did not present a
problem at the time I did it is a bit baffling and I can
only think that lower ambient temperatures must have played
a role. In any case things seem back to normal, though I do
plan to replace the heat-shield that i removed when I first
fiddled with things.</span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks
everyone for their patience and suggestions.  </span><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best--Michael
Oritt</span></div>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<pre class="moz-quote-pre"
wrap="">_______________________________________________
Archive: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys";>http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://autox.team.net/archive";>http://autox.team.net/archive</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net";>Healeys@autox.team.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys";>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Porter Custom Bicycles 2909 Arno St. NE Albuquerque, NM. 505-352-1378 My World
go here: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://WWW.PORTERBIKES.COM/";>WWW.PORTERBIKES.COM/</a></pre>
</body>
</html>
--------------4E096780E105BCF9D7121571--
--===============1119028655015502277==
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
_______________________________________________
Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive
Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
--===============1119028655015502277==--
|