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Re: [Spridgets] '59 Morris Mionor 1000 Rear Brake question.

To: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>, "Dave KK7SS" <kk7ss@frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] '59 Morris Mionor 1000 Rear Brake question.
From: "Guy R Day" <grday@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 10:31:21 +0100
<Snip>       Paul told me that you can only set the E
>     brake AFTER you have done a brake job, and adjusted the shoes
>     properly. ...   <snip>

This is correct and you may find it better to disconnect the e-brake whilst 
adjusting the shoes for normal braking then re-connect and set the e-brake.


The 'C' clips are easier to fit and do very nearly the same job.

Guy R Day

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
To: "Dave KK7SS" <kk7ss@frontier.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] '59 Morris Mionor 1000 Rear Brake question.


> Hello Dave,
>
>     I think what you have is one last treasure from Paul A. !!
>
>     The C clips will, I believe, work much better than the E clips
>     that are currently available to hold the wheel cylinders to the
>     backing plates. I don't know where or how Paul sourced his parts,
>     and know we never will, but the E clips are almost impossible to
>     use, while his are a snap.  I don't know about the thick washer.
>
>     I'm not POSITIVE about the clips you found, but you should only
>     need one for each side, if i'm correct about their use, you have
>     an extra.
>
>       Paul told me that you can only set the E
>     brake AFTER you have done a brake job, and adjusted the shoes
>     properly. ...
>
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Bill L.                           mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
>
> '66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403   "the red thing"
>
>  In which level of metalanguage are you now speaking?
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