Re: IML: '57 front brakes:(short) road test

[Philippe Courant <accf-club@xxxx>]

Hi all,
Today, after morning rain, the weather was fine, the roads were dried so 
i did a little road test. I didn't want make a test on wet road ..
I assume that 80 to 90 % of the problems are solved !! No brutal "right 
pull side" , no "lumpy" braking at very slow speed, no brutal locking 
(front left) wheel ! And only with replacing a drum which was previously 
turned ...
Remember that i put the two (original) drums of my wrecked '57. The 
right side drum is a little grooved on braking lining surface and it's 
perhaps the reason that the car pulls (lightly) on the left on hard 
braking: more braking surface on left than right ?
Before "crier victoire" (shout victory), i must make a longer test, 
maybe tomorrow. I must also wait a week and test if the brakes don't 
lock on the first braking but itsn't the most important thing !
I think that, as the left drum was conical-shaped, the lining follows 
the surface and wedges in the backing plate . I had some spots on the 
lining. Or only a fraction of the lining was used so the car pulls to 
the other side ?
I haven't make a too long test to check if the brakes always squeak but 
i made the same road (5 miles) two weeks ago and when i came back home 
the brakes squeak. Today, i hear nothing !!
I feel now very reassured, especially at 105 kph (and not mph..)

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Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)- Webmaster des sites ACCF et C-I-F
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