<VV> Brake adjustment question + more questions

[Charles Lee]

Because the weight of the car when the body is moving slightly faster
than the wheel (or is trying to), sort of like trying to stop the car
with your hand, the car's weight is on the 'trailing" side of your hand.

So, the 'pressure is off' the front, leading shoe, and on the trailing
shoe?

Just thinking out loud to see it in my head.


-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Harry Yarnell
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:07 PM
To: John Kepler; corvair
Subject: Re: <VV> Brake adjustment question + more questions

To expound on this, the shoe with the greater 'footprint', goes towards
the 
rear.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

> ___________________________________________________________
>
>
> One of the favorite "Stupid pet tricks" of a flat-rater used to
working 
> with
> disk brakes is to reverse the leading/trailing shoes in a drum brake. 
> Doing
> that will cause the problems you are describing.
>
> John
>
>

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