Paging Jim Yergin. Any progress on your brake deal

[greg g]

Just wondered if you have ascertained the cause of you brake problems. Was your wheel bearing OK?

[Chester Brzostowski]

Greg is right,

Need update, PS... have pictures from Sunday maybe I can post them later tonight.

Chet...

[Jim Yergin]

Greg and Chet,

After the disappointment on Sunday, I decided to take a break from the car for a couple of days and think about the problem. I also watched my video of my short drive a couple of times to get myself re-enthused about driving the car.

I believe that the answer to the problem will be to readjust the length of the master cylinder rod to make sure the piston can clear the relief port. I had the rod adjusted out very far. However, I want to check all possibilities. I decided to pull the master cylinder to verify that the updated dual reservoir unit I installed did not have a residual valve in it for a rear drum set-up. I did pull it and it does not have any residual valves. Next I verified that the residual valves I installed in the lines for both the front discs and the rear discs were only 2lbs and were installed in the correct direction. I also checked to make sure the proportioning valve I installed was open.

My next step is to disassemble the rear calipers from the car and clean and lubricate the guide pins. After the brake work I will move on to cleaning, repacking and readjusting the front wheel bearings. Hopefully I will not have to do anything more to them.

Thanks for asking. I will keep you posted.

Jim Yergin

[greg g]

Its a great loking car and it deserves to be driven.