Hi all,
Found an interesting thing out on the front brake back plates.
I'm in the middle of my front end rebuild on a 52 TD. So, parts are a
little scattered between the paint booth and the garage. I was very
carefull to keep both left and right sides seperate. But ol' Murphy got
me. Some how I managed to get the back plates swapped from right to
left. They look very similar, in fact are only slightly different. I
didn't even notice until putting the brakes back on the front. The
brake cylinders hit the tie rod ends on the back side. Now I tried to
swap the cylinder from side to side, even vertical arangements. It just
don't work. Finally a friend commented there might be some slight
differences between the sides. Through the haze of frustrations I
swapped them. Yep, they are different. Offset just enough to make them
fit. The differences are very small, hardly visible.
I even marked the plates before painting.
Watch out for Murphy, he's out there waiting to get you.
Rick
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