Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Larry51 On 2014/7/21 18:36:10

All looking very good Hans.

I believe you will need to have the drums on for a couple of reasons. First, you could easily pop a piston out of the slave cylinders unless you are very careful, plus the distance the master cyl piston is supposed to move is limited. You don't want that piston to travel too far along the cylinder or it will go past its limit point.

Just slip drums on and apply brake a little. If the travel is quite a lot you should first do a brake adjustment to bring the shoes reasonably close to the drums. That will reduce the pedal travel. Then when pedal is pressed you'll soon feel the drums lock up when turned. You'll need to do a major brake adjustment anyway, so may as well get it done early. Buy a brake adjusting tool . . . cheap, and so much easier to use on the star wheels than a screwdriver or anything else.