This is exactly what I had to do. From my understanding, the shoes
are all being redone with new brake material but the metal part is
not being renewed. So as they age, they are getting worn down. Only
solution is to weld new metal onto the wear points off the shoes.
Larry
On Jan 8, 2006, at 1:26 PM, dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
> Yes, I've got the wedges in there and all is functioning as it is
> supposed to, except that the adjuster doesn't push the shoes out
> enough.
> I've got a friend that has done many cars and has had similar problems
> using new brake drums and new shoes. He thinks that the new brake
> drums
> are out of spec (too large) or that the shoes are too small. He has
> addressed the problem by welding a bit of metal on each end of the
> shoes.
> I don't have a welder handy and I was hoping that someone else had an
> easier solution.
>
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 08:18:55 -0800 Rick & Carolyn
> <wrongwayricky@mac.com>
> writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> That doesn't sound right to me. Mine will lock up the rear wheel at
>> about half way in.
>>
>> Check to see if you have the shoes in correctly. There is a small
>> stepped cam that should engage the shoe. You can verify this is
>> operating with the wheel off. If it doesn't move the shoe out
>> toward the drum then something in there is askew.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> Wrongway Ricky
>> 60 Frog eye "Puddles"
>> 52 MGTD "Sparky"
>
>
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Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The bottom line: Sure, there's pain in adopting the Mac. But if I
accept that, I get to use a computer that works, and that pretty much
does what I expect and want a computer to do.
Stewart Alsop, FORTUNE, Monday, June 25, 2001
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