First off I want to thank everyone who offered up some
advice on my brake saga. As always it's something so simple, yet can consume so
much time. Kenyon offered to come up and give me a hand on the brakes. I finally
accepted. As a last ditch effort I crawled back under her and started checking
everything AGAIN for the 100th time. Guess what- There it is - All the adjusting
cams were adjusted so the brakes were within a fraction of an inch from touching
the drums. The only problem is they were all adjusted
in the wrong direction. The front 4 and the
front 2 on the rear are self energized and need to be adjusted in the direction
of the wheel going forward, while the back 2 on the rears need to be adjusted in
the opposite direction. I feel soooooo Stupid. I turned all of
them in the right direction, right to where they needed to be. Clammered out
from underneath her and Voila' pedal now only travels maybe halfway at the most
with the booster connected. Very comparible to a modern day car. Heck the wife
can even drive her now.
I am so elated, and yet very irritated at myself for taken them all in the
wrong direction. Not 1 or 2, but all of them. I was able to catch Kenyon about
five miles from his house. So I saved the Saturday for both of us. Thanks
Kenyon, and thank all of you on the list.
Marc Lamp
1960 4drht.
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