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Re: MGB Brake Shoe Orientation

To: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Subject: Re: MGB Brake Shoe Orientation
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 18:41:44 -0700
Thanks Barney,

      As expected, you made sense out of it.  The only thing left now is to
wonder how I assembled the right side.

Bud Krueger

Barney Gaylord wrote:

> At 07:46 PM 9/4/99 -0700, Bud Krueger wrote:
> >.... The shoes are asymmetric, i.e., ....  There is more shoe showing at
> one end of the lining than at the other. ....
> >
> >Long story short .... The part of the shoe with the most metal not covered
> by the lining, i.e., the part with the tapered ends goes into the adjuster
> side toward the front of the car. ....
> >
> >.... I'll bet that Barney can give us a good explanation about why ....
>
> Why sure, glad to be of assistance.  Thought you could catch me on this one
> late at night, huh?  Brace yourself.
>

<big snip>

> Did anyone actually understand that?  The idea here is that when you
> understand the function you don't have to go looking for the pictures any
> more to get the proper orientation.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
>     http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg




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