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Re: [T3] Brake adjustment


I'll second that on not being exactly free.  I had to go rent a drum
puller, I think the drum was flexed at least 1/4" when it finally
went.  Flew off about 4'.  I was off to one side waiting for it to do
that, so no damage.  The drum was scrap anyway, wanted to replace it
with a new one.    The adjusters were frozen, too, had to dismantle
the whole works and dunk them in penetrant before everything would
work freely.  I had a couple of missing plugs, too.  One thing I did
notice was that the new drum had a lot more porosity in the
casting(Brazilian) than the original German drum. On the outer face,
though, not inside where it really counts.

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:30:53 -0500, you wrote:

>Wait a minute there, torchboys.  Wouldn't a '70 have the removable drums,
>with the 2 Allen screws?  All you have to do is remove the wheel and then
>take off the two Allen head screws to get the drum off.  No more messing
>with the axle nut, unless your bearings are toast.  Of course, the last few
>rear drums I've removed weren't exactly free, but they were a lot easier to
>get off than removing the axle nuts.
>
>Jake Kooser
>
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