Brake Adjusting on my 37 120, who knew!

Posted by Bob J On 2022/2/15 19:30:24

I was reading the shop manual and it described adjusting the anchor to raise the shoes up to the top of the drum by using a 0.010" feeler gauge through the access hole slot in the drums?! I have never had drum brakes with an adjustment at the anchor! What a great design. Out I go to check my car and sure enough a 15/16" wrench and a good yank and off comes the lock nut, a few taps and the anchor pin comes out of the backer plate and polished up on the wire wheel as smooth as it was 85 years ago. I see that the large diameter surface is an eccentric. Rotating it changes the vertical aspect of the shoes. This on a car that has been left in a barn since 1960! What great materials and design. Well done Packard! I painted the rubbing surfaces with anti-seize and reassembled.