[Healeys] Brake drum theory question

[john spaur]

Did you have the brake shoes arcked to the drum?

John

At 10:39 AM 10/14/2012 -0400, ggilliam at usol.com wrote:
>If the brake shoes are adjusted so that they drag, it is not a 
>travel problem. There is either insufficient pressure, or the radius 
>of the shoes does not match the radius of the drum, and therefore is 
>a very small contact patch, so only a little friction area results, 
>resulting in inadequate braking force.
>
>On 10/13/2012 10:27 PM, Richard Ewald wrote:
>>If the drums were off center when turned it would be instantly obvious to the
>>guy running the lathe.
>>If he continued and actually turned the drum off center you would 
>>would have a
>>world class brake pedal pulsation.
>>I agree with Dave that the master could be the problem. Also look 
>>at the pedal
>>and make sure the hole is not worn.
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>On Oct 13, 2012, at 12:53, fiat500f at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>Brake drums - ugh!
>>>
>>>When a brake drum is turned (cut), how is the drum secured to the cutting