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Old 01-26-2019, 12:09 PM   #7
Purdy Swoft
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Default Re: Brake Pills

A home shop needs welding equipment . It will be necessary to build up the tracks so as to center the brake shoes within the drums . If the shoes aren't centered or pretty close to centered the drums may not clear the shoes after relining . I prefer gas welding . I would only use mechanical brakes on the model A . I prefer mechanical set ups to hydraulic any day. Bleeding hydraulics is a real pain. Mechanical brakes are safer because there are no brake lines or wheel cylinders to leak fluid and cause complete brake failure . There is NO advantage to hydraulic activation over mechanical. Original brake setup has far more adjustments than hydraulic .
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