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- From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
- Subject: Re: Brake caliper misalignment after tire change?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.170856.1427@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
- References: <1993Jan18.163857.24231@adobe.com> <9901125@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:08:56 GMT
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- In article <9901125@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> vlj@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Victor Johnson) writes:
- } My Hawk exhibited the same symptom as you describe which was just
- } a puck riding against the disk with more pressure than before due to
- } a small alignment difference upon re-installation. Pumping the brake
- } to even out the pressure and confirming with a feeler gauge brought it
- } all back to normal. Is this what your "scrape" was or were you rubbing
- } up against the brake housing somehow?
-
- I'm going to go look again, but I could not see any part of the brake
- housing rubbing, and I would think that if it were the little 4-mile
- ride I went on after reinstalling would have made one hell of a nasty
- noise. I think it is just the pad.
-
- I haven't been able to bear to even go look at the little beast. I've
- now had it for 4 weeks and it only has 300 miles on it, and over 200
- of those were put on on a single frigid day that was more survival
- than fun. 16 straight days of rain and counting, and more on the way....
- --
- Curtis Jackson '91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"
- cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com '92 Collie/Golden "George"
- DoD #721 KotB '91 Hawk GT '81 Maxim 650
- "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead." -- J. Buffett
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