(05-03-2019, 08:06 PM)Bob Culver Wrote: Depending on which way cotter inserted, the shank of the lever is less or more than square to the cam flat
bob - sorry, I've got to go right back to naive questions. Part of my problem may be non-standard parts so I can't interpret instructions.
The cotter would only go in from one side. So hence I thought I'd need to swap the lever from the other side to address "nuts to the back".
I noticed my cotter pins took a 10mm spanner. Is it possible that a cotter could be "wrong", if it fits and seems to work as per other cotters I have used on track rod arms and stuff?
[I remember looking through the lever cotter hole with cam in place and seeing it was completely clear through, so perhaps that's the problem if someone has altered the cam so a generic cotter is just a retainer]
This is the sight that linked to the lever being pictured in my earlier post sitting at about 4 o clock resting as looking at the rear of the backplate. With a turn of brass shim on the pivot, I am now at 5 o clock... which of course will be 4 o'c by the time the brakes apply so still rubbish.
and thanks Jim - will print this off for when next to car...