Lack Luster Brakes
So I made some time last night to look into the charger and found a couple interesting things. First off, like I vaguely remember, the adjusting lever was not contacting the star on the adjuster. I am chalking this up to mismatched parts from the original components mixed with todays revised design of moving the star closer towards the center of the adjuster.
So even if I would have adjusted the front, eventually they would have just "unwound" them selves and I would be back at my initial issue. Speaking of adjusting, I believe I got the adjusters on the wrong sides. Since if you were to use a brake spoon and push up from the back side of the backing plate that would loosen the adjuster and not tighten it.
The other lovely issue I found is that I have a leak in the left front.
I guess this isnt a good picture but you can see how shiny the pad is. I think at one point or another the wheel cylinder leaked. So I have new adjuster kits on order as well as new front cylinders and shoes. Hopefully they will be here Saturday so before the holiday weekend is out this will be on the road.
The inspection of the rears showed a good wear pattern and everything appeared to work the way it should. So it looks like I really only had rear brakes working on this car.
Ill get these issues addressed and see if that cures my lack luster brakes.
So I made some time last night to look into the charger and found a couple interesting things. First off, like I vaguely remember, the adjusting lever was not contacting the star on the adjuster. I am chalking this up to mismatched parts from the original components mixed with todays revised design of moving the star closer towards the center of the adjuster.
So even if I would have adjusted the front, eventually they would have just "unwound" them selves and I would be back at my initial issue. Speaking of adjusting, I believe I got the adjusters on the wrong sides. Since if you were to use a brake spoon and push up from the back side of the backing plate that would loosen the adjuster and not tighten it.
The other lovely issue I found is that I have a leak in the left front.
I guess this isnt a good picture but you can see how shiny the pad is. I think at one point or another the wheel cylinder leaked. So I have new adjuster kits on order as well as new front cylinders and shoes. Hopefully they will be here Saturday so before the holiday weekend is out this will be on the road.
The inspection of the rears showed a good wear pattern and everything appeared to work the way it should. So it looks like I really only had rear brakes working on this car.
Ill get these issues addressed and see if that cures my lack luster brakes.