Angle of Brake Arms

[Jim/GA]

Mike is absolutely correct. The wedge must be actually operating the shoes, all slack out, when the arm is still tipped forward 15*. The solution is to lengthen the operating pin.

I really don't like the pills. They are too coarse of an adjustment. "1 is not enough, 2 is too much" sort of thing. Also, they put the pin end up pretty high in the wedge hole. I'd hate for that pin to somehow jump out! It is better to weld up the end of the pins to get the desired angle of the arm. Weld up and then grind down to a nice round ball ends. Then the pin sits deep in the hole on top of the wedge, as Henry designed it.

YMMV.