your front brakes were not affected as they are not involved with your
parking brake. i cannot tell you exactly what you've done to your rear
brakes, but using the square adjustment bolt as you've indicated will bring
them out farther to the drum.
the disclaimer here depends on how worn your shoes were to begin with.
in addition, brake shoes can become "glazed" from being in continuous
contact with the drum. if this has happened, i'm not sure if you can save
the shoes or not. a visual inspection is the best way to tell. my 2
cents.......
Tom Di Iulio
1976 TR6 (with new accelerator pedal bushings)
Denver, Co
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Michael Scott" <dms@snip.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 4:03 PM
Subject: TR6-Brakes?What Brakes?
>
> Greetings to Triumph people in Winter,
>
> I have been enjoying two days of driving with my new rear suspension
> job, and with the snow piled up along the road side. But today, I was
> in a rush to pick up my daughter from basketball practice. I drove about
> 8 minutes with the hand brake on, and on a stretch of 60 mph road.
> After I parked and started the car up, I don't seem to have much of any
> braking power!!!!
>
> I suppose that an adjustment may be needed on the rear drum brakes to
> bring the brake shoe in closer???? But also wondering about my front
> disc brakes as well???
> Bought my '75 TR6 in July 1999, with supposedly rebuilt master/brake
> system several years before. I failed to do any bleeding after having
> the entire rear suspension out.
>
> I'm new to TR6 braking systems. Feel like I really screwed up on this
> one, but maybe I've been depending on my rear brakes alone?? Any
> assistance would be appreciated. After November and December under the
> car, I was hoping to be on top for awhile! Thanks, D. Michael
>
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