Re how to lower an A the old fashioned way

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Originally Posted by Tiny

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I was using the wrong term.
What does one do with the anti-rattlers or brake rod return spring? The little hangers that are in between the brake service cross shaft and the backing plate. It seems that as the incline of the brake rod increases the spring would bind the brake rod. This is the one piece of this puzzle that I have never seen in a picture of this conversion

Nothing needs to be done; it works fine with a moderate drop (32-6 axle, reverse eye spring).