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Subject:Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
From:Jim Felder
Date:Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:19:12 -0500

I got my 90 Carat back from a tire shop years ago. On the way home I
noticed a pulsing in the brakes. I sawpped wheels with the spare until I
discovered the offending wheel, which they had to have bent with either the
installer tool or an air wrench set way too high. They never owned up to
it, of course.

Jim

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> At 02:09 AM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote:
>
>> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable
>> raising the rear up on jack stands. I'm OK with raising one front corner
>> at
>> a time to do the upper control arm bushings.
>>
>
> If the slope's within reason, build four inverted ramps that match
> the slope; have all weight-bearing points  on a level surface.  That
> will take away all the horizontal components of your load vectors on
> both van and stands, and give you a setup that's just as stable as it
> would be on the flat.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>