jedwards
21st December 2023, 05:24 PM
I need some help, as I have no idea what I am doing wrong.
I have had repeated issues with leaking wheel cylinders and union pieces. As a result , but now believe I have resolved those issues.
As a result of brake fluid contaminating the linings, I changes the shoes for an older set that still had a workable amount of "meat" still on them. To my surprise, I found that the snail adjusters that I had bought from the Series 1 Shop about twelve months ago, did not contact the adjusting post, and rotated 360 degrees without ever touching the posts. I had read that some people overcome wear and tear in the snails by sipping an 8m, ID style tube over the posts, to give them extra width. In my case the snails have no apparent wear, and the issues is that the post is just too far from the post.
Now is not really possible, because there adjuster can only fit into the hole in the backing plate, and the shoes rotate around the central pivot and are help in position by the wheel cylinder and red return spring.
So I have obviously done something wrong and have no idea what. I can get the adjusters to work by playing a 8mm high-tension nut over the post, so that give an idea about how far out my setup is.
Has anyone come across this issues before and have some guidance and advice on how to fix it?
any help greatly appreciated.
regards
Jeff
I have had repeated issues with leaking wheel cylinders and union pieces. As a result , but now believe I have resolved those issues.
As a result of brake fluid contaminating the linings, I changes the shoes for an older set that still had a workable amount of "meat" still on them. To my surprise, I found that the snail adjusters that I had bought from the Series 1 Shop about twelve months ago, did not contact the adjusting post, and rotated 360 degrees without ever touching the posts. I had read that some people overcome wear and tear in the snails by sipping an 8m, ID style tube over the posts, to give them extra width. In my case the snails have no apparent wear, and the issues is that the post is just too far from the post.
Now is not really possible, because there adjuster can only fit into the hole in the backing plate, and the shoes rotate around the central pivot and are help in position by the wheel cylinder and red return spring.
So I have obviously done something wrong and have no idea what. I can get the adjusters to work by playing a 8mm high-tension nut over the post, so that give an idea about how far out my setup is.
Has anyone come across this issues before and have some guidance and advice on how to fix it?
any help greatly appreciated.
regards
Jeff