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Subject:Re: another brake saga
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:46:13 -0700

You need to install the drum, press the brake pedal a couple of times to
center the shoes and then adjust them.

The drum is an important part of the system - it provides a limiter for the
piston travel and equalizes the pressure on the two shoes.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Edward Maglott <
emaglott@buncombe.main.nc.us> wrote:

> Hey, I've got videos of the brake weirdness now:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/emaglott
>
> Check them out.  After the whole video loads, it is helpful to click
> earlier and later in the time line and you can really see the movement.
>
> Edward
>

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Jake

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