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From: tcape <tcape@weblnk.net>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Brake Adjustment
>The current thread on master cylinders reminds me of a fairly basic
question
>I've been meaning to ask. What's the correct way to adjust brakes on an
AD?
>The front brakes on my '47-2 have TWO slots for adjustment. Do I adjust
the
>brakes through BOTH of them? Do they turn in different directions? Which
>way (up or down) do you turn them to tighten?
>
>
Hi Tom,
You have the "Huck" brake system as I have on my Art Deco trucks.. There is
one slot for each brake shoe. Think of each adjuster as a nut. As you
turn the nut, the threaded link to the shoe moves in or out. Out tightens
the shoe to the drum. At each wheel, one will adjust 'up' and the other
'down'.
If you have the original brakes on the rear, they too should have 2 slots on
top at the slave cylinder. If you have only 1 slot at the bottom, you must
have the "modern" Bendix system.
Have fun..
Whitney h
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