I began road testing my car several weeks back to initiate the sorting process and it was not a very good experience. I only drove it through my subdivision at very low speeds (1st and 2nd gear only) to check the basics. Felt like I was dragging a piano behind the car, heard a variety of mechanical noises, etc. Feedback from the drive convinced me to put it back in the garage and start going through the systems that were likely to be causing the poor behavior.
That was just before Irma swept through, so finally had a chance this weekend to start troubleshooting the drivetrain. Pulled the rear wheels and immediately discovered that the Willwood park brake calipers were both dragging on the inboard surface of the wheels. They appear to have been installed and adjusted correctly by the PO, but clearly do not maintain adequate wheel clearance with the standard RCR40 BRM style 15"x10" Vintage Wheels. Have any of you with this configuration seen this occur before? Forum search didn't turn anything up related to this problem.
I've removed the calipers for now, planning to road test it again later this week to see how it drives without them. Not sure what I can do to alleviate the interference short of removing material from the calipers or moving to 17" wheels. The calipers have a fair amount of float in the brackets, so I may have to remove quite a bit of material to account for that.
That was just before Irma swept through, so finally had a chance this weekend to start troubleshooting the drivetrain. Pulled the rear wheels and immediately discovered that the Willwood park brake calipers were both dragging on the inboard surface of the wheels. They appear to have been installed and adjusted correctly by the PO, but clearly do not maintain adequate wheel clearance with the standard RCR40 BRM style 15"x10" Vintage Wheels. Have any of you with this configuration seen this occur before? Forum search didn't turn anything up related to this problem.
I've removed the calipers for now, planning to road test it again later this week to see how it drives without them. Not sure what I can do to alleviate the interference short of removing material from the calipers or moving to 17" wheels. The calipers have a fair amount of float in the brackets, so I may have to remove quite a bit of material to account for that.
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