Uprating Series brakes

Hmmm, hadn't thought about a remote servo. Gonna have to give that some
grey cell time .....

Regards
Steve G

M0bcg wrote:

>i fitted a remote servo on my ser2a .
>
>a lot of people allways used to use rover 3.5 v8 P5B remote servos but whether
>youd find a good one now i dont know .
>
>there was a place selling remote servo kits but i dont remember who .
>
>not sure if any modern cars use remote servos now or not so you could try and
>use one off of another car .
>
>i fitted my servo next to radiator on drivers side of engine bay .
>
>fitting a series 3 servo unit would be best option if you have the time to do
>it , but if you can find a remote servo that would save you removing youre
>existing brake cylinder etc .
>
>

So Austin Shackles was, like

> I spose I could explain leading shoes... a leading shoe has it's
> leading edge (i.e. the first part of the lining that a point on the
> rotating drum reaches) moving and it's trailing edge stationary
> (pivoting on the adjuster, normally). A trailing shoe is the
> opposite, the pivot is at the leading edge and the movement at the
> trailing edge. A leading shoe has more "bite", and thus a TLS brake
> works better forwards, but of course when in reverse it's a twin
> trailing shoe.

Just to add, the name for this effect is "self-servo". The rotation of the
drum actually assists in increasing the pressure of the shoe on the drum,
whereas with a trailing shoe the drum tends to push the shoe away. A TLS
brake has very little effect in reverse, except at low speeds, which is why
drum-braked m/cycles always had a SLS brake on the rear. Having had a
number of bikes with TLS front brakes, I can attest that a well-adjusted TLS
setup is every bit as good as a disc brake (in stopping performance, at
least).

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Rich

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