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Old 01-14-2016, 08:26 PM   #7
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Default Re: Centering Front & Rear Brake Shoes

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Originally Posted by PC/SR View Post
Regarding your question of bending the roller tracks, the original cast iron tracks can be bent a small amount, maybe 1/16" or less. However, they will break. I found on mine where some of them had been brazed in the past at break points.
The new replacement tracks are steel and will not bend to adjust. I had to use Flathead Teds Shoe Centering Pins (Snyders #A2045 FHT) to center the brakes on which I used the steel replacement tracks.
There are lots of threads on brakes in the Search feature the will cover about anything you need to know.
My Tracks were very worn. I welded them up and filed them nice and flat.
Mine are 1928 Roadster Pick up. I don't think they are cast iron. I know mine are steel and original. If mine were cast iron I would not have been able to Mig Weld the worn material back on.
I made a video showing the repair of my front tracks on YouTube.
Here is a link. http://youtu.be/XG7VlsucKNM?list=PLa...jAZ7Z1tGvHpVq-
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