Brake Pedal Adjustment - Matchless 1949 CLUBMAN G3L Maintenance Manual And Instruction Book

Centralise brake shoes by :—
Ensure the nut binding the cover plate to the wheel spindle is slightly slack.
Place on the brake expander lever a tubular spanner (to increase the leverage),
and, while maintaining pressure on the tubular spanner (to expand fully the brake
shoes), fully tighten the spindle nut binding the cover plate to spindle.
If brake shoes tend to squeak when the brake is applied on the road it is generally an
indication the brake shoes are not centralised in the drum.
Illustration 23
Brake Shoe and Thrust Piece details.
88 FRONT BRAKE COVER PLATE
It is essential the front brake cover plate is correctly positioned on the front wheel
spindle. Full information regarding this is given in Para. 85.

89 BRAKE PEDAL ADJUSTMENT

The position of the rear brake pedal can be adjusted within narrow limits. This is
done by means of a bolt A (Illustration 24) screwed into the heel of the pedal. The
adjusting bolt is locked by a thin nut B.
The best position, for normal use, is to position the pedal so that, when the brake is
" off," it is just clear of the underside of the footrest arm.
After altering the adjustment of the brake pedal, rear brake adjustment should be
checked. (See Para. 90).
BRAKE SHOE THRUST PIN.
1.
2. THRUST PIN SHIM WASHER,
3. BRAKE SHOE.
4. RIVET SECURING BRAKE SHOE
LINING.
BRAKE SHOE LINING.
5.
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