Fwd: <VV> Re: the find

[HallGrenn@aol.com]

Harry,  The Velvetouch metallic brakes had to be seated by a succession of 
quick stops when they were first installed.  Once this was done they worked fine 
for light braking and were fantastic for heavy braking needs.  If you decide 
to reuse these metallic shoes I'd recommend giving the drums a very fine 
turning (not coarse) and then reseat the shoes by doing at least 10 stops from 
25mph--hard stops but just short of locking up the wheels.  You want to get the 
shoes hot.  Or maybe put new standard shoes on and keep the old ones for a 
credit against your work.

Bob Hall
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From: Bruce Schug <bwschug@charter.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: the find
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:28:14 -0500
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On Nov 16, 2004, at 5:43 PM, Harry Yarnell wrote:

> Well, well, well; what do we have here? Metallic brakes. And a Watkins 
> Glen
> padock sticker in the windshield from 1971. Do we have a closet racer 
> here?
> The question I ask here is, should the metallic shoes (which are in 
> good
> shape) be reused, or converted over to conventional shoes. The piece 
> is to
> be used as a fair weather driver. I have no experience with these 
> shoes, and
> I vaguely remember that there was an issue with them cold, but worked 
> great
> hot. Comments please?

I've run real metallic VelvaTouch brakes for several years now. I don't 
even notice that they don't work quite as well when they're cold. It's 
not an issue to me, essentially an old wives tale - or maybe old racers 
tale. If I had it to do again, I'd probably try some of the new 
"Kevlar" linings which, I presume allow you to keep the self-adjusters. 
You have to remove them when you use the metallics. That's the only 
thing that bothers me; you have to adjust then manually, like all cars 
used to be. In fact, right now my right rear is too tight; they need to 
be adjusted.

Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
bwschug@charter.net

CORSA member since 1981

'67 Monza. "67AC140"
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