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After I (more or less) finished my 1966 Volkswagen Fastback the "Volksback", it was time for another challenge, here it is!

Montag, 30. September 2013

rear brakes sorted!

After Jens' comment about a wrong assembled rear brake I fixed this right away!

 ( the upper spring was assembled the wrong way - note the bended shape)

... in detail:

... and fixed! Almost exact parallel - as Ferdinand designed it!

A short check inside the other drum showed once more that Murphy's law is always valid!
What can go wrong, will go wrong!
... this spring was also not in the right position!

 ... and, also fixed! Now Jens and Ferdinand should be happy again :-)
 Note: After several trials I found out that the the black spring clip has also different positions between left and right! Due to the fact that the equalizer bar is used in LH and RH drum brakes, with the exact same shape (not symmetric opposite)  the dimple is sometimes showing up or down, so the spring clip has to be attached accordingly!

2 Kommentare:

  1. who is ferdinand??? i know jens very good, but ferdinand????

    :D

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  2. not to be inpolite, but... have you added some copper paste to the moving parts?

    ;)

    grüßlis from the guy who doesn´t know this ferdinand!

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