Hi Joe,
Glad to hear that things are slightly improving
with your brake system, only a little grounding left to get your car back on the
road!
When I read your story I realize how lucky I have
been two years ago when I replaced my complete brake system.
I have replaced all 6 (!) brake cylinders and the
master brake cylinder (all Raybestos) and the brake shoes (from Andy
Bernbaum).
Everything fitted perfectly, right out of the
box.
So, I might have been just lucky OR Andy Bernbaum
really knows his business and have grounded the new brake shoes to their correct
thickness before shipping them to me!
Anyway, good luck with your final steps to get your
brake system in working order and keep us updated!
Robert
1960 4door HT
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:35
PM
Subject: IML: '62 Spring Return Link
reinstallation
To the Group;
As it turned out, just placing the
brake shoe back in position after inserting the return spring link back into
relative position and having the adjusting cam set for minimum and striking
the brake shoe with a mallet forced the return spring link back into the
correct position. Having the pictures from the Master Technician book 96
helped in repositioning the link. Now all that remains is taking the
brake shoes back a second time to have them ground down to the right
thickness. I told the man at the brake relining shop that they needed to
be ground down to 0.170 inches and instead he ground them down to 0.220 inches
from the original 0.285 inches. This time I am going to take my calipers
with me and check them before I come home with them. This has become
more than a little aggravating as I have had to make multiple 60
mile trips to Dallas (at least 120 miles round trip) to get things
right! At the cost of fuel these days it adds up. I hope others do
not have this situation to deal with.
At least now the new wheel
cylinders are installed and the rest should be pretty easy once I get the
shoes ground to the right thickness. Installing new brake lines will be
the next step.
Joe
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