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02-12-2012, 09:03 PM | #1 |
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brake equalizer cross shaft
I'm working on a late 28 frame that's under a station wagon body. It has the equalizer cross shaft system. Clearly the brackets that hold the cross shafts to the frame do not carry the type of bushings found on the one piece shafts. I cannot find any descriptions nor photos of how the bushings should be supported, or what they look like. The supports and bushings on this car look fishy to me ( see photo) My question is, is this correct? if not, what is?
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02-12-2012, 10:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: brake equalizer cross shaft
That may be a "farmer" fix. What do the vendor catalogs show??
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02-12-2012, 10:38 PM | #3 |
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Re: brake equalizer cross shaft
neither Brattons nor Snyders carries early equalizer shaft parts, just the one piece. Even Ford did not make replacement parts...the service bulletins say to replace the twin shafts with the single one.
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02-12-2012, 11:00 PM | #4 |
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Re: brake equalizer cross shaft
Are those the correct brackets for the two-piece cross shafts? The two-piece set-up did not use any type of bushing between the brackets and the shaft, and the brackets were a different shape as well. The shaft just rode in/on the bracket itself.
The top bracket in the photo is for the two-piece cross shaft and the lower one is for the later one-piece cross shaft.
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02-13-2012, 12:06 AM | #5 |
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Re: brake equalizer cross shaft
Pages 202, 203, and 264 in the SERVICE BULLETINS have good pictures of the early brake system.
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02-13-2012, 06:54 AM | #6 |
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02-13-2012, 01:22 PM | #7 |
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thanks guys
this all helps. Apparently the shaft or brackets are worn, and the oddball thing is in there to take up the slop. It has the correct brackets, but either they or the shaft is worn so much someone could get a 1/4 inch "shim" in there. I guess the shaft is coming out one of these days to address the looseness. As it is now, it clunks rather loudly on bumps. |
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maybe the same guy had your phaeton as had my pickup. It had the window felt channel bailing wired to a hatchet-cut stick of wood that was wired to the brackets that were supposed to hold the metal channel. |
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02-13-2012, 11:08 PM | #10 |
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The early 2-piece cross shafts had to have the side to side movement on the ends to equalize the pull between front & rear on both sides of the car.Shoving anything on either side of the cross shaft is defeating the purpose of the original design.
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02-13-2012, 11:23 PM | #11 |
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Sorry, not to be nit-picking, but in order to clarify your statement, don't you mean front to back ? I agree with the rest of your statements. This was actually a better braking system, IMHO, than the later style! (other than the fact that if the frame is "twisted" badly when going through a ditch or over a curb, that the dogbone can fall out! Ever had this happen? Jim
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02-14-2012, 01:29 AM | #12 |
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Jim--To me,the side to side movement meant the same as your front to back statement.Maybe I didnt word it right.I know on the earliest brakes the dogbone would sometimes fall out & I think that a little later on there were stops on the frame to try and prevent that from happening.
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Oh, so that'e why those stops are there.
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01-23-2015, 07:39 PM | #14 |
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I'm planning to machine the two cross shafts so I can place the split bushing and newer frame bracket on . Is this OK or should I stay with the original brackets and no bushings?
I do not have the individual emergency brake shoes so changing to the single cross shaft would be pricey and take away from the originality more than I'd like. BTW does anyone have original cross shafts (preferably the second style with the longer tapered socket as shown on the right in the photos) for the equalizer shaft (dog bone)? I need to replace with the same style on each side. It turns out I have two styles of cross shafts.The very first one on the left and the second style on the right. |
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emergency brake. It has an extra lever for the emergency brake. Bob |
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Hi Bob:
Do you have this for sale? I've ordered AR drums (same front and back) from Mel(Randy Gross) but am wondering if I should order the newer drums to accept the separate emergency brake providing I can get the other parts required. Do I need a totally different backing plates for the rear? What other parts do I need to make the transition to separate E brake and keep the lever on the left. Thanks Wilfred |
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You would need a lot of parts and work to change your rear brakes. I'd keep it stock. |
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Looks like the one in the Service Bulletins to me. It had the part suffix ER. At one time I was looking for one. If I stumble on one at some point I will put it back for future use. Rod
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