The idea was to adjust the
anchor bolts as the shoes wore. The brakes were not full contact nor
were they self adjusting. I've had to do this a few times on my 51
Plymouth Cambridge and 58 Olds. The service manuals for these cars are
pretty detailed and explain how and why to make this adjustment. As for
finding the original tools, well that's another story entirely. alex
jsadowski wrote:
I seem to recall reading someplace that there was
a tool to set the shoes to the drums on these years.
John
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Monday, November 22, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject:
Re: IML: Front brakes. 48 Imperial Crown
jim, i have done many brake jobs on
chryslers and dodges of the early fifties and have never had a problem
removing the anchor bolts. i put them back with never-seize for the
benefit of the next brake job. however, i was never able to figure out
why these bolts are eccentric[ is that the right word?]. i always found
that i could only get the drums to fit over the new shoes when the
anchor bolts were adjusted to keep the shoes in on spot, and once the
drum was installed you cannot make any other adjustments. it just
seemed to me to be a useless feature. i know they serve some purpose
but i am still in the dark as to what it is. dennis
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