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Re: [T3] Brakes are done!


On 8 Apr 2006 at 11:24, Constantino Tobio wrote:

> Jim Adney wrote:

> >Centering is done by rotating the wheel while you do the adjustment. 
> >Rotate it both ways, to push the shoe into it's centered, or minimum, 
> >position. I will sometimes get in the car, start the engine, and run 
> >the wheels forward and backwards applying the brakes lightly in each 
> >direction, then get out and recheck the brake adjustment.

> I'll need to do this. I'll explore this tomorrow. It's raining cats and
> dogs today.

Once you've actually driven the car, the shoes will be centered, but 
you may find that they can use a bit more adjustment now. If you have 
to adjust them a lot, then they will need to be centered again.

> >One thing you can do is to set the parking brake and then see how the 
> >pedal feels. That limits the pedal motion to the front circuit only. 
> >If the pedal feels extra high when you have the parking brake on, 
> >then the front brakes are probably fine.

> Just performed this test and indeed the brakes are higher with the
> parking brake on.

A certain amount of this is normal, so it's hard to describe how much 
the pedal feel should improve with the parking brake on.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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