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Re: Handbrake question

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Handbrake question
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:27:46 -0500
References: <01110220374202.20981@voyager.mediarchive.com>
Eddie,

Both of my brake brackets are the same on my two different axle 
types. Could it be that you have a DPO bodge?

Jeff

>Well, I'm in the middle of swapping the parts going from wire to steel
>wheels. But I knew I would forget something. The handbrake system is
>different! I can understand the lengths of the rods needing to be different,
>but the mount isn't even the same on the new differential housing. Geez. How
>is the handbrake trunnion supposed to mount on the axle for steel wheels? All
>I see in Bentley is a diagram that matches my old wire wheel setup. (Page
>191, Fig. M.4) The old housing mounts the trunnion on the bottom of the
>housing near the pumpkin. The new one has a tab sticking out the back of the
>housing near the left bump stop.
>
>Help! Anybody have the parts I need to switch this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Eddie
>1971 Midget
>
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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
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