16 thoughts on “Primer, disc brakes and education.”
Training the mind to think? What are you, some kind of right wing extremist?
Guilty as charged! Do you know the name and telly of a good Solicitor?
Gotta go to the UK for that. Here in ‘Murica they’re called shysters and there’s no such thing as a good one.
Yep! And often, wisdom is as simple as knowing where to find the info you need…
mom was a big believer in having books on everything. she always said you don’t have to know everything by heart. just where you put the book on it.
kind of guilty of that myself as well. I think I have close to 1 thousand books here
and god know how many binders full of stuff I printed off and saved.
getting to old to fight like I once could, but I might make a fair wizard if need be,,
if it comes down to it.
I even have a old book on S U carbs from the 1960’s on the shelf
as well as a Henry Ford trade school book on machine work from the 1920’s
I have an SU thats been on my 1946 Harley for almost 50 years and a pair of SUs on my 1931 Ford
Would have liked a book to help me tune the carb on my old Road Runner. Just one, didn’t have a six pack on progressive linkage. It was 1986. I was in Colorado. It was a 1969 with a 440 and lots of problems.
Loved it. Hard start on a cold morning a mile high in thin air.
unless the carbs are tune just right, you will have problems with
progressive linkage. you can use a air meter like they used to tune SU carbs to get them close though. you have to take you time and keep going back and forth all the while trying to get the highest reading on your vaccum gauge. I haven’t done anything like that in close to 25 years now. I used to charge guys a full case of good beer for a job like that. and that is after you have check out to make sure the timing is spot on. the valves are adjusted right.
like I said, it takes some time to do right. but once you get it there,
you will want to keep it right there. the difference is just amazing
thermoquad ? always tighten all the screws first before checking anything else. like the base bolts between the carb an the intake .
sometimes you get vac leaks there in cold weather.
I have never used the anti-squeal shim, and have never had squealing disc brakes. Makes me wonder what I’m doing wrong…
How does the mechanical e-brake work on a car with 4 wheel disc brakes? Does it just compress the rear caliper pistons via cable instead of hydraulically?
A mechanical e-brake squishes the inner pad of the caliper to engage the disc on most older 4 wheel disc brakes, new ones I am not sure if it mechanically engages both pads.
A simple “yes” would’ve sufficed, CederQ…
A simple NO would be better! A mech ebrake on older disc brakes only compresses the inner pad, not the piston. But, with newer cars and trucks I am not sure if it does both pads. So, he deserves a complete answer, go back to electronic gizmos… Careful I have a meme that has your name written on it, which I haven’t posted yet….
I appreciate the replies. I used to be a mechanic in another life. Only cars I worked on that had 4 wheel disc brakes were race cars and they had no need for an ebrake. I just happened to buy an old 2003 Subaru the other day that has 4 wheel disc brakes and I was actually wondering about it before I saw your post. FWIW, I suspect the ebrake may be compressing the piston because the ebrake locks solid at two clicks on the handle. Engine will not overcome it in any gear. Thanks.
Retaining pin??? Hairgrip?????? Somebody had the artist add some copyright enforcement traps to that picture.
Training the mind to think? What are you, some kind of right wing extremist?
Guilty as charged! Do you know the name and telly of a good Solicitor?
Gotta go to the UK for that. Here in ‘Murica they’re called shysters and there’s no such thing as a good one.
Yep! And often, wisdom is as simple as knowing where to find the info you need…
mom was a big believer in having books on everything. she always said you don’t have to know everything by heart. just where you put the book on it.
kind of guilty of that myself as well. I think I have close to 1 thousand books here
and god know how many binders full of stuff I printed off and saved.
getting to old to fight like I once could, but I might make a fair wizard if need be,,
if it comes down to it.
I even have a old book on S U carbs from the 1960’s on the shelf
as well as a Henry Ford trade school book on machine work from the 1920’s
I have an SU thats been on my 1946 Harley for almost 50 years and a pair of SUs on my 1931 Ford
Would have liked a book to help me tune the carb on my old Road Runner. Just one, didn’t have a six pack on progressive linkage. It was 1986. I was in Colorado. It was a 1969 with a 440 and lots of problems.
Loved it. Hard start on a cold morning a mile high in thin air.
unless the carbs are tune just right, you will have problems with
progressive linkage. you can use a air meter like they used to tune SU carbs to get them close though. you have to take you time and keep going back and forth all the while trying to get the highest reading on your vaccum gauge. I haven’t done anything like that in close to 25 years now. I used to charge guys a full case of good beer for a job like that. and that is after you have check out to make sure the timing is spot on. the valves are adjusted right.
like I said, it takes some time to do right. but once you get it there,
you will want to keep it right there. the difference is just amazing
thermoquad ? always tighten all the screws first before checking anything else. like the base bolts between the carb an the intake .
sometimes you get vac leaks there in cold weather.
I have never used the anti-squeal shim, and have never had squealing disc brakes. Makes me wonder what I’m doing wrong…
How does the mechanical e-brake work on a car with 4 wheel disc brakes? Does it just compress the rear caliper pistons via cable instead of hydraulically?
A mechanical e-brake squishes the inner pad of the caliper to engage the disc on most older 4 wheel disc brakes, new ones I am not sure if it mechanically engages both pads.
A simple “yes” would’ve sufficed, CederQ…
A simple NO would be better! A mech ebrake on older disc brakes only compresses the inner pad, not the piston. But, with newer cars and trucks I am not sure if it does both pads. So, he deserves a complete answer, go back to electronic gizmos… Careful I have a meme that has your name written on it, which I haven’t posted yet….
I appreciate the replies. I used to be a mechanic in another life. Only cars I worked on that had 4 wheel disc brakes were race cars and they had no need for an ebrake. I just happened to buy an old 2003 Subaru the other day that has 4 wheel disc brakes and I was actually wondering about it before I saw your post. FWIW, I suspect the ebrake may be compressing the piston because the ebrake locks solid at two clicks on the handle. Engine will not overcome it in any gear. Thanks.
Retaining pin??? Hairgrip?????? Somebody had the artist add some copyright enforcement traps to that picture.