<VV> Left/Right Adjuster Springs on 65-60 Brakes

[Harry Yarnell]

If I remember, one spring is noticeably longer than the other. One hooked on
the self-adjuster link; the other on the 12 o'clock stud/pin.
And 'left' and 'right' don't work, as they would be opposite on the
otherside of the car. 'Front' and 'rear' (vs. left and right) would be more
correct.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>; "Clark's Corvair Parts"
<clarks@corvair.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 2:06 PM
Subject: <VV> Left/Right Adjuster Springs on 65-60 Brakes


> I just installed a brake-spring kit from Clark's, and for the REAR brakes,
I
> note an instruction to use the red spring on the left and the other spring
> (it's white) on the right. No equivalent instruction for the front. This
is
> the spring that attaches the two shoes at the bottom. Lots of wrong ways
to
> install this spring.
>      The springs I replaced were both white (and were identical). The new
> springs are, of course, mirror images of each other. I don't think earlier
> versions of the spring kits had this attribute; I think the springs were
the
> same left and right. The instruction sheet is NOT explicitly for the
Corvair
> but rather, implicitly, for ANY car to which the kit applies. The sheet
does
> not seem to be produced by Clark's (it has no Clarks part numbers on it,
> etc.).
>      Does this attribute arise from Corvair requirements, or from
> requirements of some other application? Of course, with the springs
> differing (now), I assume they must be installed on the correct sides even
> on the Corvair, and I did. I can't find any evidence of left/right brake
> springs in my GM Corvair Parts Catalog.
>      My main reason for wondering is that I am still trying to diagnose
the
> cause of my brakes sometimes pulling to the left, particularly when
applied
> hard. I haven't tested my car, now with the two-tone brake springs, since
> doing the work.
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
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