[Healeys] Great Pedal - No Stop!

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 17:59:53 MST 2009


Patrick -

It might not be your shoes at all.  Are your rubber hoses new or old?  If
old maybe one of them is delaminating inside?

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Quinn, Patrick <Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au
> wrote:

> G'day
>
> Here is something to exercise your collective minds around.
>
> Recently fitted new brake linings to the front of the BN3/1. The car is
> fitted
> with Austin sedan front suspension and drum brakes. It is not power
> boosted.
>
> I previously enjoyed good brakes, but as the linings were delaminating from
> the shoes I thought it best to fit new linings.
>
> The shoes were fitted and adjusted without a problem. There was a slight
> rubbing after the drums were refitted. I did not have the linings/drums
> skimmed to suit.
>
> I went out yesterday and clearly had forgotten to take my proton pill as it
> needed the pushing power of ten blokes to pull the bloody thing up.
>
> So what's the problem? Should I have the shoes skimmed to suit the drums
> and
> just wait until they ride up with wear?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia


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