Pre-war sports cars with finned drums often squealed. The standard cure was to stretch a coil spring around the drum between two of the fins. I don't know why this should work but it did. Those brake shoe springs with rotating hooks that Russell used to supply certainly worked.
Sqealing brakes
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On squeeling brakes . This is a high pitched vibration of course . It often helps to file back a little further the chanfered ends of the linings . Clean all and rough up the drum surfaces and also the linings faces with a piece of emery cloth . Often eliminates the sound . Worth a try . Sid .
Thanks, I've been through the brakes as suggested some time ago. I dimly recall a 1930's MG that I had with finned brake drums which had a spring on each drum between the fins. I seem to recall being told this was to prevent brake squeal. I think I'll try a lrge diameter O ring in between the fins to see if that helps.
Mac
when we turned things on a lathe and they started ringing or vibrating also on cylindrical grinding we would quite often put a couple of elastic bands on the workpeice or on
the pin wheel or toolpeice.
suprising what a difference this made.
my shadow front brakes [magneseum plates] always do this.
lets people jump out of the way when they see the look of panic in your eyes -will i or wont i stop-.
OSSIE.
twin discs on my modernish bike spoil me.
the pin wheel or toolpeice.
suprising what a difference this made.
my shadow front brakes [magneseum plates] always do this.
lets people jump out of the way when they see the look of panic in your eyes -will i or wont i stop-.
OSSIE.
twin discs on my modernish bike spoil me.
I'm not sure this is the right place to mention this, but this is the only brake thread running at the moment, and as usual there are coments about poor braking.
I've just had my front brake re-lined and re-adjusted (TLS Laverda) and fitted a heavy duty cable, but it still seems to be under-performing. I noticed at the weekend that the shape of the lever means that my hand slides to the middle (of the lever) when I brake, so I'm effectively losing half(ish) of my braking force. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just my old Tomaselli levers?
H
I've just had my front brake re-lined and re-adjusted (TLS Laverda) and fitted a heavy duty cable, but it still seems to be under-performing. I noticed at the weekend that the shape of the lever means that my hand slides to the middle (of the lever) when I brake, so I'm effectively losing half(ish) of my braking force. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just my old Tomaselli levers?
H
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Is it advisable to use emery cloth on linings?
Trying to cure the noise with all the added rubbers etc., will not address the problem. The noise is because the shoe is vibrating, and eventually you might be unlucky and have the ear break off the shoe, and believe me when it does it might cause a big problem.
Many years ago a December issue of MPH had some joke ads in Floggers Corner. Amongst these was "Silence it" Brake Lining oil, a product guaranteed to overcome the squealing brake problem. Not sure whether it came with a Health & Safety warning.............