[Healeys] Clunk again

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Tue Mar 12 22:32:15 MDT 2013


Good point.  Also--thought of this earlier but figured it was a long shot--Healey drum brakes are self-energizing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OFhyxo4As

Maybe something is hanging up then catching (or releasing) hard causing the clunk.

Bob




On 3/12/2013 9:03 PM, Greg wrote:
> Newbie here who happens to be working on his brakes right now.
>
> I had the thought that maybe your brake shoes are unevenly worn. Maybe, since
> one is thinner than the other, when you hit the brakes the shoes try to center
> themselves and because one is thinner than the other the piston slams all the
> way to one end of the hole with a clunk.
>
> Greg
>
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>
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