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>From: lbstudio@airmail.net[SMTP:lbstudio@airmail.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 1997 10:48 AM
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Brakes grabbing
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>Help me guys...I had my TR3 out last week, (it was in the high 60's & 70's
>all week here in Dallas) and as I came up to an intersection and applied
>the brakes the right rear wheel locked up. Talk about needing an underwear
>change! The car behind me didn't care much for it either. I put it back in
>1st and everything seemed to be alright...until the next intersection. As I
>limped home, I found that if I applied brakes very, very lightly to stop,
>it wouldn't lock up.
>Any suggestions?
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>Scared to death,
>Loran Berg
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>TR3 - 59
>TR3 _ 60 (pieces)
>1965 Honda S65
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Loran,
I have a 1959 TR3A. Last year the same symptom you wrote about above
happened to me. Turned out that the rear brake cylinder on the other
side from the one locking up was stuck open, that is, the brake would
not operate. I guess that the skid occurs when all of the braking force
was directed to the one working rear wheel. Anyway, I ended up replacing
both wheel cylinders. One was the wrong
size (DPO) and the other was corroded beyond cleanup and repair. After
the repair, things worked fine again.
Ken.Dahman@anheuser-busch.com
1959 TR3A
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