[Healeys] Brakes

[Mirek Sharp]

Bob,

Almost for sure you have a leaky wheel cylinder or axle seal which has 
contaminated the brake shoe and made the brake lining sticky, causing it to 
grab before the other wheels.

Pull the drum off the offending wheel and see which is leaking and go from 
there.  If the contamination is light, you may be able clean the old shoes 
with a decontaminant - there were some postings on this a few weeks back.  I 
have done this successfully a few times, but usually it does not clean them 
completely and is generally better to get new shoes.

Cheers,

Mirek

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net>
To: "healeylist" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Brakes


> List Gurus,
>
> When performing some, uh, spirited braking the other day the right rear 
> wheel locked up before the others.  I've checked the adjustment on both 
> rears and it's OK--any ideas why one would lock before the others?
>
> TIA,
> Bob
>
>
>
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