[TR] Rear brake cylinder installation kit question

dorpaul dorpaul at bellsouth.net
Sun Sep 28 07:14:01 MDT 2008


Tony, Are you saying that having this red/green grease on the rear brake 
cylinder backing plates (3total) helps ensure even wear?
Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Drews" <tony at tonydrews.com>
To: "Dave Connitt" <dconnitt at fuse.net>; "Triumphs" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] Rear brake cylinder installation kit question


> Exactly.  If the cylinder sticks in the backing plate, you'll have
> uneven wear on the brake shoes.
>
> - Tony
>
> At 12:31 AM 9/28/2008, Dave Connitt wrote:
>>Thanks Randall and others,
>>The guy at TRF had said to put the red grease on the sides of the cylinder
>>which made no sense at all. By the way, I noticed that the rear brake 
>>piston
>>seems to be designed to only push on one brake shoe. Is that correct? I
>>think the clips that hold the brake cylinder in are starting to make 
>>sense..
>>Does the brake cylinder slide in the opposite direction of the piston
>>movement to operate the other brake shoe??
>>Thanks,
>>Dave Connitt
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