Re: LRO: Front right brakes

From: Keith Tanner (keith@miata.net)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 22:46:29 EDT


Yes, front 88" shoes are sided. The front and rear brakes are the same, by
the way.

Keith

At 19:10 08-06-01, you wrote:
>Danijel,
>I doubt that the truck leaning to the left rear would affect the front
>right brake. Here is what I can think of that you might want to check:
>
>Have you pulled the drum on that wheel and made sure there's no leaky hub
>seal that has contaminated your new pads?
>
>Have you adjusted the snail cams on all four wheels so that the shoes are
>positioned near the drums?
>
>Does anyone know if 88" front shoes are sided, leading and trailing? If
>so, it's possible that you have both leading shoes on one wheel and both
>trailing shoes on the other one. Any 88" owners wanna comment?
>
>bill
>
>On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:26:55 +0200 "Danijel Sepac"
><danijel.sepac@zg.hinet.hr> writes:
> > I fixed brakes the other day. Bought 4 new wheel cyls, 4 new brake
> > shoes,
> > serviced master cyl. bleeded the system. Brakes are working like
> > rocket...except... front right wheel has lower braking power than
> > other 3.
> > Now, Rover hangs a bit to rear left side (Bad leaf spring, will fix
> > later)...Is it possible that hanging to rear left is the reason for
> > bad
> > front right brake? (I tryed everythig else conserning brakes).
> > Thanx, Danijel
> > "88 LRSantana `66
> >
> >

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