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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Brake Plate Centering.
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 22584" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>The original steel plates were held on to the spindle by thin nuts and are not able to move radially but do flex. The much stiffer electron racing plates and the new machined from solid aluminium ones did, and should have, clearance holes in their centres to go over the hollow axle. This type of brake should have the brake lever firmly held on while the tommy bar central spindle is tightened. My experience is that the alloy plates, electron or aluminium, are much superior to the steel ones and if the little hollows at the end of each brake shoes are filled with weld and correctly profiled then it is possible to get about one and two thirds linings onto each shoe. With twin cables, rear brake arms on the front, the correct linings and in a panic it is possible to get the rear wheel into the air. Just don't ask me to do it again. Still no where near as good as disks though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 22584, member: 456"] The original steel plates were held on to the spindle by thin nuts and are not able to move radially but do flex. The much stiffer electron racing plates and the new machined from solid aluminium ones did, and should have, clearance holes in their centres to go over the hollow axle. This type of brake should have the brake lever firmly held on while the tommy bar central spindle is tightened. My experience is that the alloy plates, electron or aluminium, are much superior to the steel ones and if the little hollows at the end of each brake shoes are filled with weld and correctly profiled then it is possible to get about one and two thirds linings onto each shoe. With twin cables, rear brake arms on the front, the correct linings and in a panic it is possible to get the rear wheel into the air. Just don't ask me to do it again. Still no where near as good as disks though! [/QUOTE]
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