Re: RIk's 56 ultramatic

Posted by Packard Don On 2018/10/6 15:44:06

On linings, one thing to be careful of is to not get linings that are too hard. For one thing, it wears the drums unnecessarily but for another they do not stop well. I had the linings replaced by a local shop for my 6,200lb 1952 Henney-Packard and they did not seem to stop well but the clincher was when I was going up a steep hill and had to stop - the brakes would not hold the car from rolling backward! It was a scary moment! Even with 14" drums at the rear and 12" drums at the front, the linings had insufficient friction to hold the heavy car.