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

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Sounds like something is wrong with the side that's dragging (duh! like you didn't know that!). I haven't a clue what it could be, sounds like the adjuster keeps adjusting whether it needs to or not. The only thing to do is pull that drum and check the adjusting mechanism out thoroughly. That or spring for a disc brake swap. Check the Scarebird kit out (www.scarebird.com). I've got one here, it's well made and will fit big cars and Javelins, but the spindle on the Americans seems to be different. The seal adapter has been reported to not work correctly on American spindles, but I didn't think they were that different. Could be a case of the wrong rotors or seals being used, I'm not sure and haven't heard back from the guy who found the problem. He ordered a set of Javelin drum brake spindles. Disc brake spindles are different but should work, may require some spacing to get the calipers centered correctly though. Then again the seal adapter may not work correctly on disc spin
 dles either. It's been tested and verified by Scarebird and myself on 63-70 big cars and Javelins. 

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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:34:41 -0500
From: Ray Mick <rmick@xxxxxxx>

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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