Ok, who is the band brake expert??? And to make matters worse the band brake is on my Super Bronc. So it really is an odd configuration.
I took it all apart today and tried to sort it out. It will not stay square to the drum. It was twisted at the top as the 2 eyes were not parallel. I put it on a flat surface and it just appears that the ends were twisted slightly. I put it in a wood working vice and lined the 2 eyes up parallel to one another. I reassembled it and it still wants to lean off to the side of the drum. It acts like it needs an ear to hold the band over in line with the drum. There is a good 20 degree difference in the band and the drum. I took it back apart and turned the band around and put it all back together. It still wants to lean the same direction.....
I took that pic yesterday and it doesn't show it as well as it could. But you can see the bottom is off to the right of the drum. It doesn't look as bad in the pic as it really is. If you blow it up you can see the furtherest away eye is crooked. I will have to take a better pic of it in the morning.
Thoughts???? Ideas?????? What now?????
Doug
I took it all apart today and tried to sort it out. It will not stay square to the drum. It was twisted at the top as the 2 eyes were not parallel. I put it on a flat surface and it just appears that the ends were twisted slightly. I put it in a wood working vice and lined the 2 eyes up parallel to one another. I reassembled it and it still wants to lean off to the side of the drum. It acts like it needs an ear to hold the band over in line with the drum. There is a good 20 degree difference in the band and the drum. I took it back apart and turned the band around and put it all back together. It still wants to lean the same direction.....
I took that pic yesterday and it doesn't show it as well as it could. But you can see the bottom is off to the right of the drum. It doesn't look as bad in the pic as it really is. If you blow it up you can see the furtherest away eye is crooked. I will have to take a better pic of it in the morning.
Thoughts???? Ideas?????? What now?????
Doug
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