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rear camber problems??



drums are lighter than discs and have more than enough power/endurance on
our lighter vehicles.
Drums are not as cool, however.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: <pbureau@attbi.com>
To: "Shawn c Meze" <skerocdriver@juno.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: rear camber problems??


> better yet, get a 16v conversion and change them drums
> for disc brakes while you shimming it out :)
> --
> ====
> ATS - Patrick Bureau
> 1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
> (show car)
> 1985 8v Euro GT Project (Daily Drive)
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> >
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:46:00 -0500 "ATS - Patrick Bureau"
> > <pbureau@attbi.com> writes:
> > > Yes you can buy shims to set the camber right, a real pain in the
arse,
> > you
> > > have to take the stub axle off, insert shim reasse,ble entire brakes
> > system
> > > back on the axle, and re-align...alignment shop usually charge
anywhere
> > from
> > > 200-400$ because of the pita it is.
> >
> >
> >
> > no-no-no. Its actually fairly easy. remove the drum, remove 4 bolts and
> > you can pop the backing plate and spindle out enough to shim it. The 4
> > bolts arent exactly right there as you have to fight to get them out but
> > they do come out without total dissassembly. Assembly in reverse of
> > removal. Dont forget to brake clean everything before the drums go back
> > on.
> >
> >
> > Shawn Méze
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