Subject: Re: rear wheel hell still
Author: Tom Christian
Date: Aug 13, 2005, 7:08 AM
Post ID: 1719292197
Ray - I had a similar symptom on my Eldo after putting on
new rear brake shoes.... turned out to be very simple - I
forgot to tighten the face plate "keeper" or whatever its
called and it slightly cocked the face plate, locking
everything up (while I had the rear wheel off I replaced
the throw out bearing so I'd removed the rod that holds
the intermediate rear brake linkage and "keeper" arm).
Tightened it down, e'thing back to normal. If I recall
correctly, the rear wheel axle torque spec's are over 100
ft/lbs, so it'd be pretty tough to overtighten.
Good luck - let us know what the resolution is. -tom
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:44:15 -0400
Custom Guzzi <paul-@comcast.net> wrote:
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