[Spridgets] FW: In a lurch

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Mon May 25 17:23:03 MDT 2009


--- On Mon, 5/25/09, Bill Masquelier <billmasq at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am going to guess that your front
> brake SHOES are not truly put in "mirror
> image" and that the longer flat on one of your shoes is
> incorrect causing more
> lock-up on one side than the other.

Leading edges are in the correct orientation (can they be installed wrong in a dual cylinder drum?? As Paul A would say, I thought "they only go one way"). 

As I asked earlier, what is the source of "12 to 6" rocking of the wheel? That's what I have found. As I mentioned a few times, it is doing exactly what I it was doing when I started changing things after working perfectly for years. I'm looking for something I didn't touch, like kingpins or other bushings. I really doubt it is the brakes. It is the loading of the front suspension that causes the lurch like the geometry is taking a new set. It's like I have found with worn hubs/bearing on the race car, but with that I didn't feel it until the bearings were absolutely trashed and literally welded to the spindles (Larry and Peter can vouch for this!).

Ron


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