Re: [Amc-list] Dang left-braking car, anyway

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Do you have the adjuster mechanism installed on the trailing shoe or 
leading shoe? It should be on the trailing shoe and that seems like the 
most likely cause of that problem since it would allow them adjust when 
you're moving forward.

Matt

On 4/23/2008 6:34 PM, Ray Mick spouted this sage advice:
> I'm not talking about a slight pull this is a jerk you into the other  
> lane if you did a hard stop and weren't ready for it. The adjusters  
> have been replaced do to the corners of the stars being worn and  
> assembled with lube. It has the correct adjusters installed on the  
> correct side. If the adjuster was on the wrong side the brake pad  
> would get looser and looser. The problem is that after setting the  
> adjusters and the car stops straight after driving a couple weeks the  
> car starts to pull more and more. Jacking up the car and checking to  
> see the amount of drag on the brakes the one side is really dragging  
> hard. So much drag that I have to back that side off again to get the  
> car to brake straight again.

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