Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project
Posted by Larry51 On 2014/7/12 7:13:16
Yesterday I spent some time doing a major brake adjustment and got the two RHS wheels done before deciding it was too darned difficult trying to use a screwdriver as a tool to rotate the adjuster (star wheel) on the front LHS wheel. After a lot of fairly futile 'ratcheting' with my screwdriver and getting nowhere it was time to go and buy the proper tool.
So I went and bought an adjusting tool for $12 today to make it easier. . . . .
Biggest problem was trying to decide which way to rotate the star wheel and also where to stick the feeler gauge to measure the gaps. Tomorrow I should be Ok because I've checked my old photos of the brakes.
I don't have any pics of the RHS brakes, so here's hoping that I got it right on the RHS drums. Had to do some mental gymnastics and figure out if the same direction was correct for the LHS drums (- before I looked at my photos).
Hoping that I got everything correct with the primary and secondary shoes back when I installed them. I reconditioned the brakes years ago and can't remember the details too well regarding primary and secondary shoes. (I put them back on the same orientation they were when I took them off). Manual says go by the colour of the springs and the direction that the adjustment nut is facing.
- Orange spring is used on the primary shoe, yellow the secondary
- On the left side brakes the adjusting screw NUT is facing towards the secondary shoe, and on the right wheel brakes it faces towards the primary shoe. (Guess these adjusters can't be reversed - or can they? That would tend to stuff things up, but would it cause any braking problems I wonder??)
So by my photos I can tell which are primary and which are secondary (- at least, I can for the LHS brakes. I don't have any pics of the RHS brakes).
Manual says the primary and secondary linings are of different material, having a different coefficient of friction. So you would want to get it all correct.
Rear LHS brake before reconditioning
Rear LHS brake after reconditioning
Front LHS brake
So I went and bought an adjusting tool for $12 today to make it easier. . . . .
Biggest problem was trying to decide which way to rotate the star wheel and also where to stick the feeler gauge to measure the gaps. Tomorrow I should be Ok because I've checked my old photos of the brakes.
I don't have any pics of the RHS brakes, so here's hoping that I got it right on the RHS drums. Had to do some mental gymnastics and figure out if the same direction was correct for the LHS drums (- before I looked at my photos).
Hoping that I got everything correct with the primary and secondary shoes back when I installed them. I reconditioned the brakes years ago and can't remember the details too well regarding primary and secondary shoes. (I put them back on the same orientation they were when I took them off). Manual says go by the colour of the springs and the direction that the adjustment nut is facing.
- Orange spring is used on the primary shoe, yellow the secondary
- On the left side brakes the adjusting screw NUT is facing towards the secondary shoe, and on the right wheel brakes it faces towards the primary shoe. (Guess these adjusters can't be reversed - or can they? That would tend to stuff things up, but would it cause any braking problems I wonder??)
So by my photos I can tell which are primary and which are secondary (- at least, I can for the LHS brakes. I don't have any pics of the RHS brakes).
Manual says the primary and secondary linings are of different material, having a different coefficient of friction. So you would want to get it all correct.
Rear LHS brake before reconditioning
Rear LHS brake after reconditioning
Front LHS brake
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