Brake adjusters
Discussion
Delved into my spares box and found one. The round bit is riveted to the main bracket so cleaning up the "teeth" would be difficult, however if it could be turned fresh teeth could be brought into play? By the look of it this would involve grinding the riveted head off turn a bit and perhaps welding back on?
As the quadrant moves and the round bit doesn't I'd imagine the majority of wear is to the round bit?
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Plan B would be just buy a new one.
Plan C is promise a tenner to SCH 2015 chosen charity and I'll pop this one in the post !
As the quadrant moves and the round bit doesn't I'd imagine the majority of wear is to the round bit?
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Plan B would be just buy a new one.
Plan C is promise a tenner to SCH 2015 chosen charity and I'll pop this one in the post !
phillpot said:
Didn't most (all?) V6 engined cars have rear disc's
Nope, 3dr XR4i used drums. Think the XR4x4 and Cosworths were the only disc models. I also have a feeling that discs were fitted to high-spec models with ABS fitted (like 2.9 Ghia 4x4 estate or something), as IIRC you couldn't have ABS and drums on a Sierra. Could be wrong though.Glad you got sorted.
Just for the record herewith picture of S1 OSR drum brake showing arrangement of adjuster. This one had been gently filed a couple of years ago and is working fine.
(brake off for a routine check which revealed the start of a cylinder leak, fortunately new cylinder in my stockpile!)
Just for the record herewith picture of S1 OSR drum brake showing arrangement of adjuster. This one had been gently filed a couple of years ago and is working fine.
(brake off for a routine check which revealed the start of a cylinder leak, fortunately new cylinder in my stockpile!)
Whole article on how the brakes come apart and go together again, here:
http://www.andrewc.org.uk/tvrgit/brakes.html
http://www.andrewc.org.uk/tvrgit/brakes.html
Just for completeness, tried the brake adjuster on the other side. It rotated but didnt slide! Needed cleaning up properly (reminder. do not lubricate with anything greasy, brake dust gums them up!). What I did find is that the cam arm appears to be soft enough to file, but the fixed 'wheel' appears to be hardened so could not be filed. If the 'wheel' is damaged it looks like a new one or try Philpotts suggestion of remove and reweld, I think that would be well worth trying.
Possible source here in the states?
http://merkurmidwest.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc... Shoe Adjuster XR (restored)
http://merkurmidwest.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc... Shoe Adjuster XR (restored)
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