Self adjusting brake conversion

[paul2748]

I put self adjusters on my 56 Bird. While the numbers for a 59 sedan may be different (different size brakes) there was two mods that I had to make. The first is the odd shaped piece that holds the shoes at the top. It has to be thinner to account for the thickness of the adjuster cable eyelet. The second was the access to the star wheel on the LEFT side - both front and back. You have to make a second slot to access the star wheel. Not a big thing to do - just mark where it should be, drill a hole and elongate it with a tool like a Dremel. I made it the same size as factory so a regular plug will fit



To what extent the 59 sedan is different from a 56 TBird, I don't know. Didn't have to buy new shoes as the old ones had the correct holes.