Re: Henry's 37 Limousine

Posted by Cli55er On 2016/4/28 21:14:35

front right drum and SHOES adjusted perfectly.....well as good as I could get it cause adjusting the rear shoe with the .010 feeler gauge proved to be a PITA! those eccentric bolts are hard to keep in place while tightening the lock nut. I finally got it though. surprisingly the springs were the right color and in the right places.

I'm pretty sure it is better then it was before as the adjusting screw was about 1" out and now its maybe 1/4" out. basically I had full on right front brakes all the time just about. no wonder it would pull to the right and lock up the right front tire.

front drum comes on and off much easier now. adjusted the bearings the old fashioned way that my dad taught me and put everything back together. sparingly packed moly grease as well.

I'll check the other side tomorrow or this weekend.

I will rebuild the brake cylinders once I figure out what I need and the parts come in. looks like maybe rockauto carries the correct 1-1/16" bore kit.http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=370385&cc=952859&jsn=287

edit: ordered the front and rear wheel cylinder kits from jegs. same part numbers from rockauto. I ordered a couple of car covers (half price clearance) for the two Packards and I added the cylinder kits to get the free handling. might as well.