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Brakes again !!!! - morrisminor - 16-12-2020
I think and hope I've my brakes set up having had the car up on axle stands. Even the fronts operate before the rears!.
One usual thing the front brake binds on full lock, no surprise there, now I seem to remember a thread where some one had drilled a hole in the back plate and attached a spring from there to the brake lever so it fully released, if i pull the brake lever about 5mm more it releases the brake. Has anybody done that on here ?
RE: Brakes again !!!! - squeak - 17-12-2020
Yes. I made longer forward facing cotter pins about 3" longer. The light extension spring from backing plate is attached to that.
RE: Brakes again !!!! - Tony Press - 17-12-2020
Hi Russell,
Did you pay me my royalty ?
Tony Press on his 1929 Austin Seven Chassis.jpg (Size: 202.81 KB / Downloads: 246)
RE: Brakes again !!!! - Bob Culver - 17-12-2020
Hi Squeak
If making own cotter pins for anywhere can put a thread on the other end and pull them out! Need to be of tough stuff.
RE: Brakes again !!!! - squeak - 17-12-2020
Tony, I used to loiter in front of Tony Johns' work desk in order to pick up such gems. He looking over his shoulder telling me to piss off, the boss is watching.
RE: Brakes again !!!! - Tony Press - 17-12-2020
As you know I now have Tony's Chummy, still fitted with the long brake lever cotters I made for him sixty years ago