<VV> Brakes pulling right and no light

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From: "Michael Kovacs" <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Brakes pulling right and no light



Is the steering wheel also turning to the right? If so, the problem may be 
in the right front. If the steering wheel does not turn to the right it may 
be the back brakes that grab giving a swerving effect. My system is to take 
the car on some back street with NO TRAFFIC and try a panic stop at about 15 
miles an hour. The rubber marks will usually tell which brake is grabbing.

Check the brake light switch, That is the easiest.
MIKE KOVACS

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Something you might try ... I set my electric trailer brakes this way ... is 
to get on a crushed rock road, then you can hear ( or have a spec- tater 
buddy watch ) at 5 mph or so ...  which is the naughty brake assembly ( or 
leaky brake line... is your brake fluid going low in the MC?   ) ....

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On your brake lights, been a long time since mine went out, but maybe they 
were wired in series .. one went out, and neither worked.  I bot new sockets 
from a corvair vendor and ran a local ground .... still working.  If you buy 
at local source make sure the sockets fit your lamps ... the little locking 
pins are what to match ... do you have enough filaments in the bulbs ??  heh 
heh, Murphy is always in the area ...

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Sounds like maybe you have finally got your engine bearings about right ... 
my local Saturday Night Racer buddies tell me to start with 0.002 something 
rather than tighter, but then they probably never reach 100,000 miles on an 
engine ... they need them to scream right away ...

Best of luck on the brakes ... and let us know what you find.... I am in the 
habit of tapping the brakes once about a hunnert yards before a stop sign, 
just to see if they are still working, and in a straight line, and to warm 
up my classic sintered iron shoes .... drives my dishwasher buddy nuts, 
especially when I murmur " so far so good " ...

reargards, ken campbell, coming to a full stop in Idaway