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Bruce_MO · 12-26-2025, 08:37 PM

It was 1983 when I did the brakes on my ‘32, but it seems to me from your photos that the raised boss for the camshaft and the significant bend/step in the roller track of the original ‘32 part would mean that use of a replacement Model A track would put the roller tracks a lot closer to the surface of the backing plate. In other words, the shoes would be misaligned to the drum and it wouldn’t work. Maybe chop off a hardened track from the A part and carefully weld it to what’s left of the broken ear? If so, best to . that task, though. Good luck.

12-26-2025, 08:37 PM	#10
Bruce_MO Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 592	Re: 1932 Brake Housing Plate Centering Bracket question... It was 1983 when I did the brakes on my ‘32, but it seems to me from your photos that the raised boss for the camshaft and the significant bend/step in the roller track of the original ‘32 part would mean that use of a replacement Model A track would put the roller tracks a lot closer to the surface of the backing plate. In other words, the shoes would be misaligned to the drum and it wouldn’t work. Maybe chop off a hardened track from the A part and carefully weld it to what’s left of the broken ear? If so, best to . that task, though. Good luck.