Dave,
My guess is that your brake adjuster on the tight side is binding, creating
too much friction between your new pads and your drum. Even though you
loosened it all you could, my guess is that it's loaded with crud that
prevented it from opening up fully.
When I rebuilt my brakes, I removed the adjusters, took them apart, cleaned
with brake cleaner and lubed with white lithium grease.
Take care,
Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
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----- Original Message -----
From: D T Gebhard
To: Spitfire List
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Tight brake hub
Spitlisters:
I just got done putting new brake shoes on my
Spit. One side went on great. T'other was a
different story. After cleaning and backing out the
adjustment screw as far as it would go,the hub was
very tight but it went on with a little persuading
with a plastic mallet.Everything back on,I went for
a test drive for about a mile. That's when I
noticed the slight smell of heat and smoke. The
drums are painted so some of the smoke was hot
paint,the rest had to be hot brakes.
What did I do wrong? Could I have done any
damage? I've done a lot of brake jobs so I'm
confident in my abilities.
Thanks for any advice...
Dave Gebhard
1977 Spit
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