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<blockquote data-quote="Panama" data-source="post: 34823" data-attributes="member: 1283"><p>Last week I opened up the front brakes on my '52 Rapide to see what could be done to improve on the poor brake performance. I was saddened to find many problems, such as grease slobbered all over the interior of the left brake.</p><p></p><p>I would like to do things right and hopefully get the front brakes to the point where I can get enough force to approach lockup, just in case I need to make a panic stop.</p><p></p><p>The drums seem to have a little bit of run out. It seems like the best way to eliminate run out would be to turn the drums while on the wheel. (It would be very hard to mount the drums without any run out because the drums are bolted onto the wheel rather than riding on bearings on the axle.)</p><p></p><p>It would take a very large lathe to turn something as large as a motorcycle wheel. Is there any practical way to turn the drums while mounted on the wheel?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Panama, post: 34823, member: 1283"] Last week I opened up the front brakes on my '52 Rapide to see what could be done to improve on the poor brake performance. I was saddened to find many problems, such as grease slobbered all over the interior of the left brake. I would like to do things right and hopefully get the front brakes to the point where I can get enough force to approach lockup, just in case I need to make a panic stop. The drums seem to have a little bit of run out. It seems like the best way to eliminate run out would be to turn the drums while on the wheel. (It would be very hard to mount the drums without any run out because the drums are bolted onto the wheel rather than riding on bearings on the axle.) It would take a very large lathe to turn something as large as a motorcycle wheel. Is there any practical way to turn the drums while mounted on the wheel? [/QUOTE]
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