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RE: Brake adjustors

To: <ZoboHerald@aol.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Brake adjustors
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:52:06 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
> 
> I'm with Dave on this. I've yet to replace one of these, and I've cleaned
> up dozens and dozens over the years. Unless someone has rounded off the
> peg (in which case you'll probably want to replace the adjustor), the
> worst effort involves about a minute-and-a-half with a propane torch flame
> to loosen up a really stuck adjustor....then proceed as Dave described.

While I've never fitted a new adjuster, I do remember trying to free off one
which had seized rather worse than most, and needed lots of heat. Being a
bit overzealous with the Propane/Butane mix, I soon had a pool of aluminium
on the bench with a lump of rusty steel in the middle.........
Cheers,
Bill.

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