Forwarded to spridgets, as requested.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009 G
-----Original Message-----
From RL Chrysler <lchrysl at fhs.csu.McMaster.CA>
To: healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:30 PM
Subject: Sprite rear brakes
>
>Hi folks,
>A few weeks ago I noted to the list about a problem of having newly lined
>brake shoes, and good drums with plenty of thickness. The problem was that
>the snail cam adjusters were out to their maximum adjustment and the shoes
>were barely able to contact the drums.
>Follow up:
>I discovered by comparison with other shoes that some previous son-of-a,
>ahem....person, had ground the ends of the brake shoe webs down about 3/16"
>at each end, probably to fit oversized linings. Now here I was with correct
>thickness linings freshly bonded to these shoes, trying to make things
work.
>Solution:
>Carefully built up the ends with MIG, dress ground back to correct size and
>shape, and installed all as per the book.
> Results: The asembly adjusted up properly at about the 4th click of the
>adjuster, and once the old stretched handbrake cable (another seperate
>issue) was replaced with a new one, believe it or not about 1 5/8" shorter,
>everything comes together beautifully. The rear wheels obtain full lock on
>the 4th click of the handbrake ratchet.
>Moral of the Story:
>Don't trust that things haven't already been bastardized or otherwise
>tampered with before you got there, no matter how neat a job it appears!
>Hope this helps someone some day.
>If someone reading this is on the Spridget list, please pass it along.
>Thanks.
>Rich Chrysler
>
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