[19Fordy]

Assemble the shoes in place on the backing plate and use a pair of needle nose vise grips to grip and pull the spring into position. Wrap electrical tape around the vise grip jaws so as not to mar or create a weak spot on the spring. Also make sure all your brake eccentric adjusters on the bottom are all the way "in" and the adjusting cam nuts are all the way in. You don't want to have your brake shoes in the "expanded outward" position when you install the brakes or the brake drum. The following info. will help. Ignore the writing that says "anchor-longer shoe to rear" as that does not pertain to 1940-41 Ford Lockheed brakes. It pertains to Bendix style brakes. Click on photo to enlarge.