62 Thunderbird rear brake problem

[62thunderbird]

About 12 months ago all of a sudden my rear brakes started to get really hot. Both sides did it but the left side was the worst. I have replaced a lot of parts but the problem persists, Now the left side seems o/k and the right side is getting hot.

This is what I have done so far.
New Brake drums
New brakes shoes
New springs and retainers
New Slave cylinders
Cleaned and checked and blown out with compressed air all of the brake lines.
Checked and adjusted the hand brake cable and then completely slackened it off to make sure it wasn't the handbrake causing the issue

Tonight in shear frustration and at great cost I ordered a new master cylinder and brake booster from Mac's. I cant see how this would be the problem as I would have thought all of the wheels would be grabbing if it was.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance
Peter

[streetdreams]

Drive up the road back and forth a couple times, using the brakes. Then slide underneath and open the bleed valves at the rear to see if you have any excessive residual pressure in the system.

[Ford blue blood]

Check the flex line in the rear, actually just replace it. There were flex brake lines sold that were recalled, my 65 Bird has new ones supplied by the vendor because the "new" ones they provided a couple of years ago were prone to failure. Seperation of the inner liner from the webbing and outer rubber.

[62thunderbird]

Guys thanks for the advice. The one thing that I have noticed different about the T Bird is the E brake cables come into the rear end from the back of the car rather than the front in most 9" applications I've seen.

This caught me out because when I was looking at the system with the drums off I thought I had found the problem and that the spring return system was on backwards. But the shoes can only go on one way because of the E brake lever that's on one of the shoes. I'm wondering if the T bird has a special set of shoes because of this??? All the part numbers seem the same though.

I have checked the flexi hose and is was o/k but I have ordered another just in case.

[Dave72dt]

Have you had the backing plates off and possibly switched them side to side?

[62thunderbird]

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Originally Posted by Dave72dt

Have you had the backing plates off and possibly switched them side to side?

The 61 62 T Birds E brake came in from the rear it was changed back to the front in 63. Here is a pic I found on the net.