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Re: [Healeys] Clunk again

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Clunk again
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:32:15 -0700
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References: <COL121-W15EA02ED4446E147C312A1A4E10@phx.gbl> <45B63101-5B42-416C-840F-74DD24A770E4@yahoo.com> s=q20121106; t=1363149137; bh=NYkC5tdsuRisYrL5U9/Hrfm0115DYOm5Lcbbjrl94ng=; h=Received:Received:Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject: Content-Type; b=kTmszMeObasR18w4d9oRFzIiA2SOVYpUA5OJRXie6uuPR2hPTlLADrjydYd2VZ9MX UoP2uopZsjSyKZPIkrsshTUDantJpyTjvK5KbrSL8WnchgnHFywhyFHa0seVZejTcu 0m54gGzn3bgaeKTa8lBhpXK38t7UYZzQjQmCYTAHGVeMz5TcTbpIuUAtE/NDyaYkte rrDVg9dTlePAF/XXTm5KjZ7BwaiOH+tNjDUl+pMc4l9QpUyeaKKyUKQ63gMNncNV6T uPAwNoD6rkqIe2yH8KuDcM38J/xFU5ExmIN1BPk3aub1kljut8MqFrOZIut8JL1Y6a EmiXspWh34QHg==
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Good point.  Also--thought of this earlier but figured it was a long 
shot--Healey drum brakes are self-energizing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OFhyxo4As

Maybe something is hanging up then catching (or releasing) hard causing the 
clunk.

Bob




On 3/12/2013 9:03 PM, Greg wrote:
> Newbie here who happens to be working on his brakes right now.
>
> I had the thought that maybe your brake shoes are unevenly worn. Maybe, since
> one is thinner than the other, when you hit the brakes the shoes try to center
> themselves and because one is thinner than the other the piston slams all the
> way to one end of the hole with a clunk.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>


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