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Subject: autopsy and brakes
From: jatc@emx.utexas.edu (James TenCate)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 15:05:43 -0600

Hmmm.  Sorry, but I couldn't resist adding to the discussion
about camcorders and rebuilding:  I started grinning when I read
Jerry's description of rebuilding his MGA.  Sounded an awful lot
like an autopsy to me!  Only thing is cars can be put back
together and people are usually unfixable :-) :-)

Here's an unrelated question for everyone:  I replaced the rear
brake shoes on my TR8 some time ago.  I took the drums to my
favorite machine shop.  When I got them back, the machinist
notified me that the drum INSIDES were out of round.  He'd never
seen that before.  I can't figure out how that could be.  Anyone
got any ideas?  The machinist told me he double checked his setup
just to be sure.  I also have good reason (junkyard yellow
numbers) to believe that the car's entire rear end has been
replaced sometime before I got the car.  Could something be bent?
The new shoes don't quite feel right either.

jim
jatc@emx.utexas.edu


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