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Old 05-13-2020, 04:45 PM   #4
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Default Re: Brakes big shoe in front or back

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Originally Posted by TagMan View Post
I've always been told the the shorter shoe is the lead shoe and goes to the front and the long shoe to the rear.
That is correct for later self energising brakes which may have been the norm when that was said to you.

On early ford brakes (39-48) the long shoe goes to the front. Coincidentally the larger end of the wheel cylinders goes to the front. In my mind I remember "big big". Big shoe and big end of cylinder to the front.

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