Front Brakes

[Dennis Pereira]

I'm putting the brakes together on the work bench to save my knees and back . The short springs were a lot stronger than I expected and the brake adjusting wedge dust cover was a lot larger than the opening . But that's what a grinder a file and a little sanding took care of . If anything looks wrong let me know better now than on the way down the mountain . New brake lining - rollers - pins - adjusting wedges -roller tracks - actuators - springs . should work a lot better than the mud and grease filled assembly's that came off .

[MAG]

Assembly looks correct. You did arc the shoes to the drum first?
If you have a extra spindle handy, bolt the backing plate to it and bench test/adjust the centering of the shoes before installing on the car. Re-check the centering after final installation on the car in case there is any variation on the spindle to backing plate fit.

[redmodelt]

Did you put a little grease on the adjuster and rollers before you installed? Looks good.

[160B]

When I did the brakes on my 1931 68B I found that the lower roller on the brake shoe did not rest against the edge of the oval plate on the bolt that holds the operating wedge in place. When I disassembled the brakes I found that the reproduction oval plate was not as thick as the original and the roller on the brake shoe was not resting in the correct position. I removed the reproduction floaters and put the original wedge support in. see photos below



reproduction

original

reproduction next to original

[ian Simpson]

Originally Posted by redmodelt

Did you put a little grease on the adjuster and rollers before you installed? Looks good.

Do not forget to make that high-melting point grease.

[Dave in MD]

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You also may want to take some more of the lining material off of the end of each shoe. I like to go back to almost the end two rivets.
Dave