At 10:14 PM 7/24/2008 -0400, craig cowan wrote: >But couldn't you actually prevent them from getting stuck on the hub by >making the hub more round/smaller (just a wee bit). No, unfortunately. > Say you have the drum >off, and you ran a wire wheel around the edge where the drum meets, or maybe >a bit of emery cloth? Just smooth it out and underside it JUST enough. The >drum will still ride in it's proper position wouldn't it (The little bolts >would hold it in place? The little bolt is to keep if from falling on your head at the factory...about all it's good for. > And the shoes would center it? No, they wouldn't -- because what really holds the drum in place is the clamping force from the wheel. Also because the shoes have no intrinsic centering ability at the top, the two pistons don't provide it.
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