I did this last year and as long as you put everything back:
- in the right order, and
- in the right alignment
it does all fit quite nice and tight (you defintely don't want this stuff
loose!). So I suggest you grab the manual you are using and make sure all is as
in the diagram. I seem to recall I used a flat blade screwdriver to push the
middle plate until it made a distinct click as the the grooves in the middle
plate lined up with the "teeth" in the outside plate. Once the click occurred
everythig was nicely lined up and tight.
Hope this helps.
Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Mason [SMTP:mmason@lindenwood.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 1:54 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Rear "rubbers" Question
I have another wierd question. I bought the fitting kit for the rear
brake cylinders. The kit includes the little rubber gizmo that seals
around the hand brake lever and the three "shims/locking plates" that
hold the cylinder to the back plate.
The rubber seal has a square section that looks like it is supposed to go
around the locking plates
/ This part of the seal
/----------------------
/ { ]
[ ____ { ]
[ [___] [ ]
[ [ ]
\ [ ]
\______[_______________]
I tried to put them under the edge of the locking plates, but then could
not get the other two plates into the grooves. If I don't put the rubber
part under the first locking plate, then they just hang out with nothing
to keep them in place, like a loose rubber band.
Does any of this make sense? I never was an artist and this medium
doesn't help much! Is there something I am missing here? What in the
heck are these things supposed to seal anyway...other than the hand brake
lever?
Thanks for the help, maybe now I'll stop having those bad dreams about my
rear brakes falling off!
Michael in St. Louis
(Forgive the abuse of technical language but I don't have a manual here
at the office. Must not be totally addicted yet?)
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