My new rear drum wont clear ebrake. Should I just sand it some? We don't have a service in my parts to mate the shoes and drum.
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Is the rod disconnected?3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
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Check to see if your ebrake backing plate is centered. I bought a new one from Bratton's about a year ago that wasn't centered.Comment
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Yes, make sure the band is completely collapsed to it's smallest diameter on it's backing plate. Both anchor tabs on the emergency brake band ends should be touching the double thickness stop plate, as shown in this picture.
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I have been known to grind off a small amount from the double thickness stop plate in severe cases. It doesn't take much.
It seems almost nothing re-pop is 1000% dimensionally correct.....
also, sometimes the 2 layers of the stop plate are not fully registered with each other, and the slight grinding corrects thatComment
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I am picking through my pile of drums,separating the cast ones out,and came across this oddball.I grabbed it thinking it was a cast drum because it doesn't have the rolled lip of the pressed drums.turns out it is pressed,but the lip is rolled,or folded all the way over to actually touch the outside of the drum.I can actually get a feeler guage under it in a few spots.It is one piece,although it looks...02-07-2019, 10:03 PM -
I am trying to determine just why I can not get the rear hubs on my fully assembled rear backing plates.
When the backing plates are assembled to the rear axle and the brake wedges are fully bottomed out...the hubs will not go on.
I do not want to force them as I probably will not get them off.
Every part was looked at for quality, length, what ever.
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Can anyone give me info on how to get rear brake drum off a model a...03-21-2019, 02:40 PM -
This is the rear drum. The drum is going on too far and the outside edge of the shoes are rubbing, metal to metal. This is confirmed through witness marks. I cut a shim out of a beer can, then another, so I now have 10 thousandths on the axle taper. This has always worked for me before, but it still rubs. The axle taper is nice, good keyway, no grooves like the drum spun on it. I can't shim anymore...09-15-2020, 09:04 PM -
When I disassembled the rear brakes for sending out for overhaul I found a worn through shim on the left rear hub. I'm about ready to reassemble the new rear brakes and am wondering how and what to check for as far as shimming is concerned. I ordered up a couple of new shims to have on hand just in case.04-17-2019, 09:21 AM -
I guess this would qualify as a fine point topic. There are two styles of stamped rear brake drum/hubs. The first style has a raised area above where the tapered part of the axle is inside the drum/hub. The second style has a recessed groove in the same area. I am trying to find out when Ford switched from raised to recessed drum/hubs. I suppose that Ford may have used both interchangeably until they...02-28-2020, 05:33 PM -
I have the correct rod(28-29) from the new brake handle to the ebrake cross shaft. I have tried it in the bottom and middle hole of the cross shaft, I have adjusted the rods and there is no grab at all. I have discounted rods to make sure cross shaft turns free and it does as it is rebuilt. It must be something internal (one side only has a liner on) I have used a pry bar with the tire off the ground...07-02-2018, 09:19 PM -
In my rusty parts pile I’ve had this drum. Were these common aftermarket replacements?
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Recently, the right rear drum is rubbing on the backing plate (39-42 Hydraulics). The right rear axle is 4-9/16" from the hub to the end of the axle. The left rear axle is 4-11/16" That 1/8" can not be shimmed as the contact on the shoes will be affected and how the drum seats on the axle taper. I pulled the axles and gears and can not figure where the 1/8" is missing. There's...You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Yesterday I swapped the 2 front tires from left to right, removing the left front wheel exposed a brake drum the likes that I have never seen before, the right side has a normal Model A drum. I have no issue with the Brakes, the car stops well. I looked at Model T and Model A both passenger car and trucks found nothing like it, I think it maybe cast iron (didn't think to try a magnet at the time)...04-27-2018, 07:59 AM
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