one more problem with brakes

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

Ditto brother...

Your bar on the top should go into a groove on the left side top of
that brake shoe.

Good luck.  Futzing with that in place is a pain.



On 9/30/06, Chuck Blue <sukchew@cox.net> wrote:
> The bar inside the drum should be straight across not at an angle as shown
> in your pic.
> ole blue
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Spewey" <spewey@comcast.net>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:11 PM
> Subject: Re: one more problem with brakes
>
>
> > Jacob Hawes wrote:
> >> I was bleeding the breaks and checking the parking break today and it
> >> seems that the parking break lever (the one in the drum, not the hand
> >> lever) is being pulled by the cable, but the push bar that actually
> >> pushes the break shoes out is barely moving. What is going on here?
> >
> > Make sure the cable conduit is fixed to the axle by that bendy clip
> > securely.  if it's not, it will stretch and provoke no action.  Lotta
> > times the tabs break off.  Assuming you tightened it up already.
> >
> > Sorry, Comrade Calloway.  Couldn't help myself.
> >
> > PS break=kaput brake=shtoppenzie crappenpants
> >
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