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Old 02-05-2012, 05:11 PM   #9
Keith True
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Default Re: old Brake Floaters

Wick,Are you talking about the Y-link type floaters like Purdy's talking about,or what I call the pin type,which is really just a wedge retainer with a pin that lets the wedge float from side to side.I've found quite a few of the pin type in old axles over the years,I use them on everything.The Y link type seems to work nice if things aren't too worn.The problem with them is that by the time they were installed they were a band-aid because the brakes were so bad.I had to cut a hole in a backing plate once to unlock a wheel at a stop sign here in town.The guy backed up out of the way with one locked front wheel,and I took a set of torches down and freed him up.Somebody had put a carriage bolt in the empty hole with a castle nut on the back to look original.
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