31-12-2020, 10:55 AM
Hi,
Whilst overhauling a Girling braked rear axle I have come across a difference that I want to check with others. Firstly the axle itself came with ball end levers and the setup such that the adjuster was at the top of the backplate and the lever at the bottom. The lever at rest sat at about 10 degrees back from the vertical as you would expect. When I checked to make sure that they were round the correct way etc I found on the A7CA digital archive the following picture, http://archive.a7ca.org/collections/tech...tem/TD0010 which show both the backplates rotated by 90degrees and a different type of lever which require a fork on the cable end. So this wouldn't be an issue but I bought some replacement brake cams (originals badly worn) and when they arrived it would appear that the flats for the cotter are in a different position from the originals I removed. Upon investigation, it would appear that they are in possibly the correct position for the fork end levers, not the ball end...? So my question is is it just a case that there was a short period during which ball end levers went on Girling back axles before they switched over to 'fork end' levers and rotated the backplates? Therefore there would actually be two different types of girling brake cam needed???
regards
David
Whilst overhauling a Girling braked rear axle I have come across a difference that I want to check with others. Firstly the axle itself came with ball end levers and the setup such that the adjuster was at the top of the backplate and the lever at the bottom. The lever at rest sat at about 10 degrees back from the vertical as you would expect. When I checked to make sure that they were round the correct way etc I found on the A7CA digital archive the following picture, http://archive.a7ca.org/collections/tech...tem/TD0010 which show both the backplates rotated by 90degrees and a different type of lever which require a fork on the cable end. So this wouldn't be an issue but I bought some replacement brake cams (originals badly worn) and when they arrived it would appear that the flats for the cotter are in a different position from the originals I removed. Upon investigation, it would appear that they are in possibly the correct position for the fork end levers, not the ball end...? So my question is is it just a case that there was a short period during which ball end levers went on Girling back axles before they switched over to 'fork end' levers and rotated the backplates? Therefore there would actually be two different types of girling brake cam needed???
regards
David