I confer with W & D, I too had the exact same situation when I first got my
truck & when I got to rebuilding the brakes, found out that the rear was
from a 53 (dates cast on slave cylinders). I also found out that the
cylinders required different rebuild kits (not front to back, but rather
back huck style vs. back bendix---different diameters).
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
-----Original Message-----
From: W&D <haist@jps.net>
To: tcape <tcape@weblnk.net>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Brake Adjustment
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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