Re: Rear brake conversion for 61 sprite

[Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>]

Ric Otte wrote:
  When I put the drums on, they
> hit the backing plates.  Around 1/16" was ground off the drums, which
> allows the car to go straight, but when I go around a corner the drums
> scrape the backing plates near the bottom 1/4 of the backing plates.  
> ************************************

Ric

I had the same problem on a bugeye and my A40. I just ground off a bit
more of the drum.  Every once in a while it still make a grinding noise
going around corners but it finally went away after a couple hundred
miles.
-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
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