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Re: Brake and Axle soiree on '74 B.

To: "Kulka, Matt" <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>, <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Brake and Axle soiree on '74 B.
From: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:10:03 -0800
Matt...

It sounds as though the hub might be loose on the splines, allowing the
hub-and-drum to flex,

Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Kulka, Matt <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
To: 'mgs@autox.team.net' <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 12:47 PM
Subject: Brake and Axle soiree on '74 B.


>I wonder if any of you can help me with this mystery?
>
>I have a '74 B (with rostyles).  I started to get a little squealing out of
>my rear brakes, so I pulled the wheels off to have a look.  The edge of the
>drum which faces the backing plate has been rubbed shiny - and there's a
>shiny stripe on the lowest arc of the backing plate to match.  Uh oh, says
I
>to myself - end play in the axle?  So I put the wheel back on and start
>pushing and pulling - up, down, left, right, in, out, repeat and repeat
>again... and no play that I can find.
>
>I know I'm due to replace the thrust washers in my differential, but I
can't
>think that would cause the left axle to change position, would it?
>
>Anyone got a bright idea why my brake drum would start to contact the
>backing plate?  I've put about 6000 miles on this car and this is the first
>time this has turned up.
>
>As always, thanks.
>
>Matt Kulka
>'74 B - Still driving with the top down in sunny North Carolina.
>


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