Actually the only thoughts I had reassembling the rebuilt original
brake system on my Bug were how chintzy & finicky the whole
original design was - front and back. Boy, what they did to avoid
double piston cylinders! (I don't want to hear back about to the
performance advantage of two leading shoes in the front, and the
convoluted cost advantage of one sliding single piston cylinder in
the rear).
Struggled very hard with making sure the parts (springs, shoes)
from Moss were correct for the Bug. Regardless, in the end, had to
modify the shoes for the correct notches. It's been a few years
and I'm over 50 and can't remember all the small sordid details.
Three years and a thou or two miles later - a British Miracle -
the brakes are not causing any problems. And the stopping power
matches well enough the 43 HP output.
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From: RL Chrysler <lchrysl@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>
To: Michael Lupynec <mlupynec@globalserve.net>; mgs
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: April 27, 2000 9:42 PM
Subject: Sprite brakes (was 69 mgb brakes and fuel sender/retry)
>
> Mike L. wrote:
> >I had the tite drum fit scenario on my Bugeye. If I recall some
of
> >it was cured by centering the shoe assy, the rest of it I drove
> >with and checked wheel temp often to be safe. My guess is if
you
> >can rotate wheel by hand a little rubbing won't hurt. Don't go
on
> >a long hiway trip till all's well.
>
> Funny thing is, I've got the exact opposite problem. I'm
currently helping a
> friend get his 1960 Sprite back together, and have completely
redone the
> brakes. Newly relined shoes, new return springs, lightly turned
drums, still
> with plenty of thickness to them, and I've reassembled
everything. Problem
> is, I've got the snail cam adjusters out to their maximum, and
still too
> much clearance. I've inspected the shoes, and nothing seems
ground away from
> the backing webs, or anything stupid like that. Ive also checked
out the
> adjusters, and the cylinders, everything seems normal.
> I hate to bastardize by adding metal to the shoe webs, heck I
shouldn't have
> to Mickey Mouse things like this!
> Any thoughts?
> Rich Chrysler
>
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