Frank,
Back in "days-gone-by", the Government did not bother to regulate your
life so much, and did not require manufacturer's to
label brake service limits, or fine mechanics who would dare to turn a
drum, or disc to a thinner size.
The "Safety Lobby" dictated that "standards be set". So it was spoken,
written into law, and penalties for disobedience set.
Your Time Machine car places you outside the reach of these
commandments, so you may do whatever you can get the shop to do.
Sometimes, though, they put themselves into this box - just in case your
brother is a lawyer.
My '52 MG, '54 Jaguar, and '59 Porsche came without seat belts, as did
the Tigers and Alpines. I had to build, find my own. By '59 the
manufacturer provided neatly hidden reinforced mounting threads, though,
for those that felt the need.
Later you had to pay for the belts in the purchase price. Today you
have to use them, in some places, and prove you can crash into a wall.
Things are getting so safe that you prolong your life by never leaving
your car - providing you don't breathe the air concentrated above the
crowded motor ways. :-(
Steve
Frank P. Marrone wrote:
>The shop manual does not appear to give a maximum service limit for turning
>the Tiger brake drums. Does anyone have the number? The manual says 9" for
>the drum diameter but does not say that is the service limit, when new,
>etc.
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>Frank
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Steve Laifman
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