Backing plates off for paint, BUT,,,
 

Aloha. Are the brake adjuster things and springs removable? They need media blasted, then I'll paint. theres a LOT of crud in under those springs, I may want to parkerize the spring and hex head as well. ?? Thanks in advance

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What year?

Charlie Stephens

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Hey,
Charlie is correct, in that, you should give at least make of car and year ;...being worked on. Also , be aware that that car may have different year/type brakes than it came from factory with. Do you know: if mechanical or hydraulic brake system and/or if Lockheed or Bendix or ?

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They are not made to be removed; but you can grind the the "peened" area on the cam side to get them off. You have to weld the cam on when you reassemble them.

There also was someone making either chrome or stainless ones which were held together with a button head cap screw.

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So sorry, I realized right after i posted, then my wife started screaming, a hummingbird in the house, rescue attempt, capture, escape on video, escape made us all jump, etc etc. 1940 juice, under a genuine '29 roadster on '32 rails survivor... built way back. I want to paint, just imagining a mess around the spring, front ones are chromed! current chrome shops might not know how to handle that area either. Powder coat? Not into that really. Button head cap screw? Hmmm. I was hopeing you could compress the spring and turn the eccentric part a quarter or something, but that 'peened' thing killed that idea. Thanks so far.

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What I have done is to blast in 1 position, move to another position, prime first coat in retracted position, move to min adjustment position, prime (black epoxy primer), after cured very little comes off when turning it, also i put a drop of oil on each side after painting along with movement to work it in

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Ok, '40 style brakes...I'm with you now!
I just did mine..all four back plates. Wire brush/solvent till clean. If you 'blast' that area, IMO, you will not be happy with resultant residual media. Use air hose/solvent , then oil, then brush/solvent ..then thin layer of primer/paint. I just used high quality paint. Last thing that I did(after paint cured well) was couple drops of machine oil into areas that rub..metal/metal. Works smooth and is clean. Good on you for hummingbird rescue! I care for a whole FLOCK of those beauties:) !

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Thank you guys very much.