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>From: Peter Parker <kinesisrnd@unidial.com>
>* Bleeding: Did this AGAIN last night with the help of my lovely
>assistant Ginger. I bought clear vinyl hose which showed me nothing but
>beautiful, clean, smooth, bubble free fluid from each wheel.
Good (and isn't it nice to have GOOD help!)
>* Indeed, I do have a new german single master FOR '66 disk, with the
>little blue band.
Good again
>* In my inexperienced opinion the rear brakes are adjusted pretty
>tight. My manuals don't really describe how much "rubbing" is correct.
>I screw out the stars until they begin to impede the wheels movement,
>and then back them off one notch. It still makes occasinal noise at this
>adjustemt point. Is this still too loose?
Do this with the car up on jackstands. Adjust til they rub, start engine
and run the wheels forward, stop, reverse, stop, repeat. Stop engine. This
centers the shoes. Readjust. Do this until there is no furthur change.
You will find that you will need to do this several times before you get the
brakes adjusted and centered. It is easy to be misled into thinking the
shoes are tight when in fact they are just off center and dragging on one edge.
Another way of doing this is to just keep adjusting one whoe at a time while
turning the wheel alternately forward and back. Keep tightening each shoe
until you are no longer able to turn the wheel by hand in either direction,
then loosen til it no longer drags (2-4 notches.)
>* All the friction pads are in good shape. Less than half worn out
>from what my manuals describe.
Will make no difference. The purpose of adjusting the brakes is to remove
the extra play produced by wear.
>* For the first time last night I noticed that the front right caliper
>is not releasing the pads from the rotor all the way. Is this the
>smoking gun? The rotor still turns, but with a little drag...
A front caliper that is not retracting completely (a VERY common t3 problem)
will only make your pedal stroke smaller, not bigger. So this is not your
problem.
> I'm still looking for those outer rear (under the seat) lap belt
>mounts. I'm trying not to tear out all that lovely factory insulation
>in the process of my search, so another couple clue's would be helpful.
You're just looking for a bolthead. It should be big enough to feel through
the insulation. It will not be all the way in the bottom of the space back
there, rather it will be just outside and behind the black plastic "Jarvic
7" back there. I'm pretty sure you should have them in a 66.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
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Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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