Paul Thompson 'Hooligan'
Admin
otherwise known as "this will curl your toes"....
Hi all -
I have been looking through some old pictures we have which I thought some of you may be interested in. They detail what was some 'early experimental' designs that we no longer use, but highlight why you should check and check again if something does'nt feel or sound right.... bear with me..
The first two pictures concern a problem that first showed some years back when Roy and I visited the Isle-of-Man for the 'Three Hill Challenge' - 3-days of organised hill climbs across the island and some general fun testing on their open roads (that still have no speed limit) out of town. [if you visit - please drive safely!!]
Sometime during/after the third day - which ended with the Creg-ny-Baa event, we noticed that there was a soft brake pedal - and a rubbing noise on full lock. Since we only used full lock when performing 3-point-turns and loading / unloading from the trailer, we gave it little thought at the time and figured we'd check it on return to the mainland...
On return, with an event at Goodwood looming the following week, we had a look at what was causing the 'knock-back' on the brake pads, and hence the soft brake pedal. See below.
Hi all -
I have been looking through some old pictures we have which I thought some of you may be interested in. They detail what was some 'early experimental' designs that we no longer use, but highlight why you should check and check again if something does'nt feel or sound right.... bear with me..
The first two pictures concern a problem that first showed some years back when Roy and I visited the Isle-of-Man for the 'Three Hill Challenge' - 3-days of organised hill climbs across the island and some general fun testing on their open roads (that still have no speed limit) out of town. [if you visit - please drive safely!!]
Sometime during/after the third day - which ended with the Creg-ny-Baa event, we noticed that there was a soft brake pedal - and a rubbing noise on full lock. Since we only used full lock when performing 3-point-turns and loading / unloading from the trailer, we gave it little thought at the time and figured we'd check it on return to the mainland...
On return, with an event at Goodwood looming the following week, we had a look at what was causing the 'knock-back' on the brake pads, and hence the soft brake pedal. See below.