Brakes checklist.

[PJGD]

Hi Ian,

We have been here before; see this post: http://jowett.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=152

The drawing that you refer to was created by John Blazé and is attached below.

Philip

[Keith Clements]

Thanks Philip,
I was wanting a better copy of the spacer drawn by W.B.H in the Jowetteer article posted earlier in this topic. It may be not necessary as the dimensions are more legible in other parts of the article.

I have re-linked the picture of the drawing in the Pat Lockyer post that you linked to which pointed to the very old website on my home server (keithclements.co.uk). It now points to the saved version of the old forum on jowett.org.

The point of my initial post was that the bearing I found in the hub was a roller bearing, not a tapered roller. So I was not happy about all sideways force being taken just by the outer deep-grooved ball bearing. Whilst tapered bearings might be the way to go for performance motoring, the current supply of cheap standard ball bearings, both sealed and open, means I will not be converting.

Is there less friction in a tapered roller than a ball bearing? My gut feel is that there is more, except perhaps when cornering. There is less contact area with a ball bearing, which puts greater load on the lubrication system and hence more rapid wear. This might be where the tapered roller scores as the bearing is riding on a film/wave of lubricant.

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Ib Rasmussen in Denmark wanted some brake parts as well as the tacho drive cable which I will get from John Powter of JOAC. So I phoned PowerTrack Ltd and PastParts who both stock Javelin/Jupiter brake parts.