Re: 1948 22nd Series - The tool kit -

Posted by Packard 1948 On 2015/5/20 9:49:26

Another possibility of a consistent pull to one side is the inaccurate installation of the "primary" brake shoe and the "secondary" brake shoe. One shoe liner is shorter than the other even though the brake shoe component looks almost identical and therefore can be installed incorrectly. The primary shoe has less liner than the secondary.

The shoe mounted forward of the axle is supposed to be the primary shoe and the secondary shoe us the one mounted aft of the axle.

Sometimes I have seen where one wheel axle has two primary shoes on one wheel and the other side wheel has the two secondary shoes on it and therefore the pull -OR- the primary was installed behind the axle.

Pages 10 - 14 of the Service Manual is what you need to provide the restorers.

Bill