At 11:00 AM 3/23/98 EST, you wrote:
>From: Ct54531 <Ct54531@aol.com>
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>Subject: TR4A Restoration
>Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:52:36 EST
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>Some odds and ends type questions:
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>Brakes: This car was in pretty good mechanical shape (at least the last
time I
>drove it - 1989) but the brakes had always been horrendous. I now know it was
>the master cylinder -as in totally shot innards - but my parts car has a good
>one. In any case, I'm going to go completely through the system.
>First question: The calipers are off and they look good. I have no reason to
>think they're not but is there a way to "pressure test" them off the car?
>Compressed air, maybe? Can I screw a fitting in where the fluid goes (yes, I
>broke one off the usual way).
>Rotors are good thickness but rusty. Can they be sandblasted as long as the
>result is within limits?
Have them turned, not sandblasted.
>And the felt seals. They look ok. Should they be replaced anyway? One came
off
>on the hub bearing and one stayed on the stub axle. Does this matter - or
mean
>anything? If I replace them, my Autobooks manual says to glue them. What glue
>is used?
>In working on the fron, I've noticed that the rybber boot (gaiter) on the
left
>tie rod is torn apart. Can one get the kind available now that wraps around
>and snaps on or must everything come off?
No quick fix kind available, get a new lock tab washer also.
>
>Surely not the last set of questions I'll have. Thanks in advance.
>
> JMAC
>Same with rear drums. Any reason not to sandblast?
Turn not sandblast
>Also the rear plate. Sandblast?
May sandblast, but protect u-joint
>In that regard also, one of the screws that hold the drum to the hub was
>somehow destroyed in the threads. I mean the slot is chewed up and the screw
>is too deep in the hole in the drum. Maybe an overeager impact wrench?
Anyway,
>is there any way to come in from behind and get the whole assembly off (plate
>to drum) - preferably without playing too much with the axle innards?
>Can the hubs be sandblasted - assuming of course, I take the bearings out.
Any
>reason not to?
>When reassembling. - may I assume that the same grease that works on today's
>cars is ok for the TR?
If you mean high temp disk grease, yes
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