Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!

Posted by Charles On 2016/6/28 20:04:30

Thanks for looking out for me JW! Yes I realized what I did and went back and corrected it. My fault for trying to rush the job.

Today I tried to adjust the brakes. The manual under major adjustment wants me to use feeler guages and adjust the anchor pin. I didn't change shoes so I'm leaving that thing alone for now. I don't want to screw it up or have it snap off. When I go for a slow drive and the brakes don't feel right I will make those adjustments. I just tightened the star adjuster until I could just move it with my hands and the backed it off until it moved freely.

So there is no fluid in the lines. I pressed the brake pedal and it will not raise back up unless I pull it up manually. Is this normal with no fluid or a sign my master cylinder is bad? I figure I will ask now in case I have to remove it.

I also tried to adjust the hand brake. Mine is not ratcheting. It just returns to the released position. Really hard to see what is going on around it. I'll have to study the diagram that was posted in a different blog.