- 1. [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:43:03 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- Hi folks, I hate to impose such a simple request but I cannot find my Haynes manual anywhere. I must have spent the last 2 hours looking for the damn thing - even the good wife joined in - she even k
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00271.html (7,821 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:10:34 -0600
- It's just as well that you didn't find your Haynes, and I quote: "The handbrake linkage comprising a system of cables and levers operates on the rear brakes only and usually requires no separate adj
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00272.html (9,155 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 22:15:35 EDT
- Another lister wrote "Pull the handbrake up three clicks and adjust the wheels until they are tight, then back the brake lever off." I have never done it that way but it might work just fine. ==AM==
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00273.html (8,325 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Geo & Kathleen Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:56 -0700
- I just adjust until they drag then back them off one quarter turn. Works for me. Gero _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html This list suppor
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00274.html (7,411 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:40:04 -0600
- Excellent question, we should ask Brian Watts from the VTR web site. http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-adjustment.shtml Me thinks he was not making a TR3 specific comment. I would probably take a sho
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00275.html (9,745 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:32:04 -0700
- Hold the button down while you pull the handle. That said, I've always just turned the adjuster until the drag is noticeable, then backed off one or two clicks until it isn't. Randall ______________
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00279.html (7,760 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:41:22 -0700
- In case it's not obvious yet, that's not good enough. The design is such that the adjuster can be backed off all the way, but the brakes will still lock with the foot brake applied. Here's what the
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00280.html (9,401 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TR] Adjusting the TR3 rear brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:46:13 -0700
- Almost certainly not, since he : 1) Mentions the adjuster not affecting the front shoe ... it does on a TR3 (and on a TR6 for that matter). 2) Mentions pulling the handbrake lever "up" ... on a TR3
- /html/triumphs/2008-05/msg00289.html (8,088 bytes)
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