by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 03/07/2017 at 23:03
by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 03/07/2017 at 23:03
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New front bearings are in and properly adjusted on the Mustang. Brakes are adjusted properly (did you know the rear drums on a Mustang can be auto-adjusted by driving backwards at 10mph and slamming on the brakes? Me neither) and I finally got the belt tension figured out. All this is thanks to the help of an awesome stranger I ran into at Autozone that came over to help me with my crapcan and offered future help. Some amusing quotes from him follow.
Shit. Of course that would happen.
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Hmm. Dammit.
*after driving it once it’s back together*
What a pile.
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How is this thing even on the road still?
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Let me know if you ever want to sell it.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 0
I have mixed feelings about this kind of bearings-in-rotor setup.
On one hand, it’s a pain to have to mess with the bearings during what would be an otherwise simple brake job. But on the other hand, I kind of like the idea of being able to sung up the bearings as needed. You can’t do that with a sealed hub assembly.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
03/07/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 2
The old bearings were fuuuuuuucked. That was the primary reason for doing this job. It was a messy pain in the ass though.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/07/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 2
It’s all the art of tradeoffs. Sealed hub assembly - easy swap, but various embuggerances like sensors and a non-adjustable, non-greasable set of bearings that fail in an irritating way. Extra weight, but easy brake jobs.
Ordinary (separated rotor or drum), extra weight just like above but adjustable and continually rebuildable, also with easy brake jobs. Bearings do sometimes get neglected.
Hub rotors - lightweight, low mass, simple, gives an excuse to have bearings on standby, cheap... but can be low enough thermal mass you get your bearings hot and requires being able to get bearings right *every time*.
Captive rotors... okay, no advantages. Not having to swap the hub with the rotor pales in comparison to having to pull the rotor *and* take it to a press and play sillybuggers with the wheel studs. Fuck this layout in the ear, man.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
03/08/2017 at 06:37, STARS: 3
Pretty sure you can do that on any drum brake setup.
"Hateful Mate" (hatefulmate)
03/08/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
Eh... Is that related to why I had to reverse a few feet to get mine to release properly? Allways hated the rear drums on a foxbody.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/08/2017 at 18:20, STARS: 1
The self-adjusting bendix setup has been on just about everything with drums since some time in maybe the late 50's?