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Old 02-19-2017, 05:12 PM   #5
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Default Re: 1947 mercury rear brakes

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Originally Posted by 19Fordy View Post
mll; Remove the rear brake drum and carefully re-examine what's it looks like in there. Are all the springs and clips installed? Do the bottom adjusters "work" easily?Turn the adjusters you mentioned with the brake drum OFF and see what moves. Are your brake shoes the correct thickness? Are you following the correct brake adjusting procedure? If 47 Merc is the same as 40 Ford it should look like this:
'47 is NOT going to have the TWO adjusters on the BOTTOM. DD
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