[Healeys] agai;n the clunk

[Greg Mandas]

Rich,

I think you you need to stop by and we'll take her for a spin so I can hear it
first hand.
<grin>
Greg

--- On Wed, 3/13/13, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] agai;n the clunk
> To: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 11:31 AM
> I went over the brakes again
> yesterday. I found the trailer brake mounted
> backwards on both sides (the two square holes were butted
> against the wheel
> cylinder) when I dissembled them years ago I simply re
> mounted them as they
> were before. I found the wear to be even in regards to the
> base plate. I did
> not find the material to be different from front to back
> shoe as the video
> indicated. I had my wife stand beside the car as I applied
> the brake and she
> thinks it is coming from the front !!! I couldn't convince
> her to stand in
> front to tell me which side. This opens a new can of worms.
> There seems to be no noise if I try stopping using the
> E-brake. This supports
> the front end theory. There is plenty of pad, all is tight
> up there, well bled
> with no leaks. New brake lines and plenty of stopping
> ability. I tightened the
> sway bar and all the other bushings I could find. I wounder
> if two of the
> "dried/cracked" ones could be causing the noise. I have
> neglected them due to
> the amount of trouble to get to them.
> Thanks for all the ideas and help. They have been great.
> Rich Kahn
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