[TR] Rear brake cylinder installation kit question

Tony Drews tony at tonydrews.com
Sun Sep 28 08:33:30 MDT 2008


I dunno about the red/green grease specifically, but there certainly 
should be some lubrication between the cylinder and the backing plate 
so that it will slide back and forth fairly freely.  If it's stuck in 
place, only the shoe where the cylinder pushes out will engage and 
you'll get uneven wear.

- Tony

At 08:14 AM 9/28/2008, dorpaul wrote:
>Tony, Are you saying that having this red/green grease on the rear 
>brake cylinder backing plates (3total) helps ensure even wear?
>Paul
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>Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [TR] Rear brake cylinder installation kit question
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>>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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