Thread: 39 rear brakes
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Old 07-19-2019, 06:53 AM   #4
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Default Re: 39 rear brakes

"I guess it shouldn’t matter which side the rear wheel cylinders are mounted?"

IT DOES MATTER. The larger dia. of the wheel cylinder points towards the longer brake drum on Lockheed brakes and the longer brake shoe faces "forward", unlike Bendix brakes where the longer shoe goes on the rear of the drum. The last photo is the right rear of a 40 ford.
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