On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Jim Ellis wrote: > >>Huh, one little old 13mm bolt to retain the drum vs. a big-old castellated > nut with a cotter pin through it. Hmmm... one of those sounds under engineered! I'm sure you realize the 13mm bolt is only there to keep the drum in place until the wheel's bolted up. It's really the lugs that hold it in place. In fact, there are some people who never bother to put the 13mm bolt back in. Most modern cars with drum brakes use that design, because it's a real pain in the ass to remove an axle nut just to do a brake job! _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Geekdom is fantastic at being AGAINST something, and |___/ it's hopeless at being FOR something." -- Andrew Orlowski in The Register. |
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