Quick question - drum brake reassembly
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Quick question - drum brake reassembly
I'm finally getting back to my project and trying to reassemble the front brakes which I took off a while back. When the backing plate goes back on the spindle, is the wheel cylinder in the 12 oclock position/up? or in the 6 oclock position/down? The backing plates are on the workbench and I'm afraid I've mixed them up. Thanks for the help.
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Thanks Julie. At least I got it half right. I have the small shoe towards the rear. I'll break it down and change it and I'll know better tomorrow when I move to the passenger side. Thanks for mentioning the correct position of the shoes as I did not discern a difference as I laid them out prior to assembly.
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Maybe this will help as well:
Drivers side - note small shoe goes on front:
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Drivers side - note small shoe goes on front:
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Don't think so, I can see the drag link in the second one and rears don't have the "cup" over the bearings. The shoes have cutouts for the e-brake links, tho.
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I stand corrected.
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Hey, it's saturday night!!!!!!!! Good eyes Ross. The blue tube is the shock as well..I've got so many danged pictures that it wouldn't suprise me if I posted them bas ackwards though!
Brakes on the back (mine) are on the 9 3/8 rear and are self adjusting as well.
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