Re: Packard front brakes - 3 shoe Bendix

Posted by Phillip Weeks On 2015/12/14 6:13:47

I wish I had some wear patterns to compare with but since I have had it on the road it would barely have done 500 miles. There seems to be a never ending line of things going wrong. Here is another question. With the front wheels off the ground I tried to pull the wheel to the right by hand rather than using the steering wheel. All that happened was the spring compressed in the rod that connects the steering knuckle and the steering box. Should that happen or is the spring too weak? Would this be the cause of the shudder?

I have borrowed an early alignment machine with two wheel pads, a gauge for checking camber/caster and a toe in rod. There are no instructions but my first measurement seemed to indicate about 2 deg of caster.
Does anyone have any figures for alignment apart from toe in of 1/8" to 1/4" depending on which instruction book or service manual is being read?