Re: 1948 22nd Series - The tool kit - brakes

Posted by Michael Evans On 2015/5/26 6:35:30

Thursday 21st May saw the car jacked up - both front wheels off the ground then both wheels removed and both brake drums removed. Everything checked out okay we could not see anything wrong - drums and
wheels were put back and very minor adjustments made with the spoon tool. We then took her out on the road but testing showed no improvement and the pull to the right we agreed was dangerous. We returned to the garage and stripped everything down again but noticed that our severe braking had revealed wear on the top of the Primary (leading) shoe lining about 1.5" down across the width of the shoe - looking under the Secondary (trailing) shoe the bottom edge of that one was similarly worn - the wear was such that you could tell that only those two areas had in fact been touching the drum - obviously inadequate and making the braking and steering unsafe. So as it stands I can't use the car. Page 16-17 of the Service Manual (Section VI) CHASSIS mentions correct positioning of the anchor pin Cam being essential and if unsatisfactory results are encountered I.E correction of the fault is not obtained by minor brake adjustments then the anchor pin position should be changed - as anyone ever done this and if so how difficult is it to carry out ?

Best regards Michael