Upgrading to self adjusting brakes

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10-15-2018, 07:58 PM

Kidmister

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Upgrading to self adjusting brakes

New guy here.
I have a 1963 Unibody and I would like to upgrade the brakes to self adjusting. I tried self adjusting kits from a 1964 but only way to hook up gear is if I put the hardware on the front( secoundary) and not the rear (primary brake shoe. I don’t think I will get enough shoe movement to adjust. Any better solutions.
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10-16-2018, 12:10 PM

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Maybe you need more 64 parts? Either shoes or shoes+backing plate. I haven't done this or anything, but that's what I'd look into first.

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10-16-2018, 07:40 PM

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I have 64 adjusting kits but discovered the 63 backing plate has slots for the star on the wrong side.

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10-17-2018, 03:27 AM

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I would just rebuild them and leave them alone. Those self adjusters don't work all that great anyway. Unless you are doing a lot of heavy loads and hard stops you shouldn't have to readjust them more than once a year.

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