<VV> another brake question--'61 Lakewood
Bill & Chris Strickland
lechevrier at q.com
Sun Aug 5 14:13:47 EDT 2012
> Try adjusting them tighter.
If you are new to adjusting brakes, sometimes it is helpful to actually
adjust them up until the brakes are locked up (you can't turn the tire
any longer) and then back the adjustment off three clicks or so -- on
self adjusters, you will need to put an extra tool through the hole to
hold the self adjuster cam off the star wheel while you turn it back
with a different tool.
Worn suspension bushings do not often cause brake pull, but they may
cause alignment changes while you are braking -- sway bar bushing wear
should have no effect.
Generally a pull felt in the steering wheel will be front brakes, but
not always -- replace all four brakes hoses as a set! If you needed to
replace the front ones, you need to replace the rears for the same
reasoning, and vice versa. Every ten years, so a 1961car should be on
it's fifth full set of hoses! Third set would indicate a lust for
living dangerously and liking to gamble, and original hoses is just
plain not very smart.
Oil or grease contaminated linings will also cause pulls, but they are
"grabby" pulls, not gentle ones -- greasy hands from packing bearings
then handling shoes will do it, as well as leaky grease seals and brake
fluid -- contaminated shoes, even if new, are cores for relining,
nothing more. Once contaminated, they CAN NOT be decontaminated!
Probably more as I read the rest of these posts,
Bill Strickland
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