My ex TR3A would also need a pump now and then as well.
Bob Kramer
TR6, TR4A, Devin TR
Hill Country Triumph Club
Corinthians Vintage Auto Racing
rgk@flash.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <n196x@mindspring.com>; <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Wheel bearings
> In a message dated 05/01/2000 8:33:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
> n196x@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << But even after I got the whole wheel back together, there seems to be
an
> awful lot of drag. The wheels on my everyday car, a 30 year old 911,
spin
> effortlessly. For the life of me I can't get the TR-4 wheels to do this.
> Especially the front ones. The 911 has a spring deally at the top of the
> brake pads to keep them from dragging. The Triumph pads seem to take a
> much longer time to release completely. What's the preferred drill on
this?
> >>
>
> Richard:
>
> There are those (not in this group, of course), who would say, "Drive the
> 911."
>
> We inspect and repack our wheel bearings every year.
>
> Your comments about brake pad drag are interesting. With my TR3, I have a
> different sensation, in that after 'curvy' track sections (i.e. the six or
> seven turns before the fisheye at Grattan) I have no brakes. I have to
pump
> my brakes to 'put the pads back where they belong' before they will
operate
> properly.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
>
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