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11-22-2018, 12:42 AM | #21 |
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Who drives their A fast enough to lock up the wheels!?
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11-22-2018, 01:02 AM | #22 |
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The faster you drive, the LESS likely you are to be able to lock up the wheels.
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11-22-2018, 01:15 AM | #23 | |
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Terry, I use some bonded linings to new shoes at times and in addition snyders is now handling soft molded lining. I know I complained quite a bit the last few years and others did as well as the older "woven" style lining was causing squeaking after some time on them with the new cast iron drums. The soft molded lining is much better with the cast drums . Give it a try with the cast irons, I think you will like them. Larry |
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11-22-2018, 04:18 PM | #24 |
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Our local brake and clutch place has just stopped doing the very soft brake linings. The owners have been in the business for many decades and with the falling demand for their services, they are easing their way out. Looks like I will have to stay with woven linings unless I can find someone else to reline my shoes.
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11-22-2018, 04:37 PM | #25 |
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I get skidding front wheel(s) frequently when driving on rural back roads due to pea gravel, dirt, etc at stop signs. Is probably not considered to be a true lock up as being discussed, more as a loss of friction/traction. |
11-23-2018, 08:53 AM | #26 |
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After 25 posts no one has mentioned the technique of pumping the brakes to stop the wheels from sliding on hot rubber and loos of steering. Anti lock brakes pump the brakes for us these days in a panic stop. In older systems we must pump the brakes to maintain control. Al Leach |
11-23-2018, 11:08 AM | #27 |
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Pumping mechanical brakes can have a cooling effect on the lining ,drums and tires .
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11-23-2018, 11:57 AM | #28 | |
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11-23-2018, 04:31 PM | #29 | |
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The worse your brakes are, the earlier you will have to brake but on the other hand, the brakes on a Model A will never be like a modern car. My advice to any novice driver I speak to is understand that and drive accordingly.
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11-23-2018, 05:01 PM | #30 |
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11-23-2018, 05:36 PM | #31 | |
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Rant over but I think we can all relate!
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11-23-2018, 06:15 PM | #32 | |
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Again, it would be great if others on the road knew our vehicle's limitations and acted accordingly, but it's not going to happen. The majority of them know as much about Model As as we know about some of their fringe hobbies. Hard to blame them.
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11-23-2018, 06:58 PM | #34 |
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11-24-2018, 12:37 AM | #36 | |
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11-24-2018, 09:34 AM | #38 |
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one would think there would have been more discussion about brake adjustment in the Bulletins than what there was, as noted above. There is lots of discussion about odd boo-boos that certain dealers were caught doing, but something as important about brakes does not get harangued repeatedly....
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11-24-2018, 11:22 AM | #39 |
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Brake adjustment is mentioned in two places in the bulletins . one for the early and another in a different page for the later more common model A brakes . . Without copying the bulletin I'll tell how I do mine . I first disconnect the brake rods at the adjustable clevis end so they will be free and ready to adjust when the time comes . I then move on to the service brake cross shaft adjustment . I disconnect the pedal rod and adjust it so that the plunger at the rear of the pedal rod is 1/16 of an inch from the inside rear of the center cross member where the plunger meets the brake light switch on the 30-31 models . This adjustment is the easy way to set the cross shaft levers pointing straight up and down as Larry Sheppard mentions in a previous post . I then prop the brake pedal at the top of its travel . I adjust the clevis on the pedal rod so that the clevis pin will just enter the brake pedal and hold it at the top of its travel . I then adjust the brakes at the adjustment wedges on the backing plates . I pull back any slack at the front brake levers and adjust the clevises on the front brake rods so that the clevis pins will just enter the front brake levers . I then move to the rear and adjust the rear service brake rods. I pull forward on the rear brake levers to remove slack . I adjust the clevises on the rear brake rods so that the clevis pins will just enter the brake levers. This setup will have all slack in the system removed and the brakes will be ready to activate when the pedal is depressed. If the inner brake parts are in usable condition the brakes will be good .
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11-24-2018, 12:03 PM | #40 |
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Thanks, Purdy. I missed that one. It is on page 297 in the service bulletins and is part of the entry on retrofitting a solid cross shaft to an early car.
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