drive wheel probs

[wbs]

24? T touring car-this is my 1st model T
hello just got thru resolving carb, ignition, starter prob-then jacked up rear of car when ready to start it -the hand lever was pulled all the way back----after engine started, the left rear wheel turns but the right does not--if i pulled very forcibly back on hand lever, the lt. wheel slowed but never stopped turning----one thing i did not think of at the time was to have shifted the the lever into neut, and then forward gear to see affects on wheel turning

ques 1--are both wheels receiving drive but the rear brake on lft is not working? if both wheels are recieving drive are the bands out of adjustment? if out of adjustment , any advice on adjudsting?

ques 2 --is there any adjustment which i need to do to the lever ? if so,any directions on how to?

ques 3--check out my understanding of lever--all the way back is neutral and rear brkes applied, mid position=neutral , with brakes off, fwd=in fwd gear bands engaged and of course brakes off

[Will N]

1. It's likely that the right brake rod is adjusted "tighter" than the left. You can equalize the pull on both wheels by shorting the left rod. There is a clevis that screws on to the rod, and you can turn that in/out to shorten/lengthen the rod.
2. The lever isn't adjustable, as far as the brakes go, but the rods are. There is an adjustment on the lever to get neutral when it is straight up and down.
3. Yup, you got it.

When the brake is off (lever staight up), are both the left and right wheels rotating freely?

[redmodelt]

Re No 3 is correct. You have got to also remember that because of the steel clutch disks and drag from the oil even in neutral with the rear end off the ground there will be some rotation of the wheels. Sounds like you need to do a brake rod adjustment and maybe a clutch linkage adjustment.
I suggest you get a copy of the Ford Service Manual, it will guide you through most any repairs and adjustments needed on the car.

[wbs]

thanks to Red and Will- with car jacked up and motor not running, lever straight up wheel turn easily and with lever forward same amount of ease of turning by hand-- not what i would have guessed- i thought i would have felt increased resistance as i over came engine compression

[Will N]

If both are rotating freely when the brake is off, then I'd say you just have to equalize the pull on both brakes by adjusting the brake rods.

As for there being not much difference in resistance in neutral vs. being in gear, keep in mind you have a pretty high mechanical advantage of 3.64/1, and the compression ratio is not that high either.

[redmodelt]

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With both wheels off the ground you should see that when you turn the wheel on one side the other side is turning the other direction. With both wheels off the ground you will not be turning the motor over even with the hand lever forward you are only turning the the spider gears in the differential at that point. If you set the car back down on one side and turn the wheel, then you will be turning the motor over if the clutch is not engaged.
When adjusting the parking brakes you want to have the car jacked up on both sides and with the rods both disconnected, adjust one side at a time so the brakes lock up at the same point when the lever is pulled back. Shoot for about 4 -5 clicks back from horizontal so you can still have neutral with the brakes off. That way you can drive the car in low for things like parades.

[wbs]

thanks to Will and Red, all excellent info- i will follow it