Excellent question, we should ask Brian Watts from the VTR web site.
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-adjustment.shtml
Me thinks he was not making a TR3 specific comment. I would probably take a
shot and say abaout 1/2 the full throw of the lever.
Of course, after you do anything with brakes, take is slow and test them
well before getting back onto the road!
Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:16 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes
In a message dated 5/13/2008 10:10:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wbeech@flash.net writes:
Another lister wrote "Pull the handbrake up three clicks and adjust the
wheels until they are tight, then back the brake lever off." I have never
done it that way but it might work just fine.
==AM==
How do you determine "three clicks" on the FLYOFF handbrake of a TR3? ;-)
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