45 Truck parking brake problems

[mhsprecher]

The parking brake has not worked well on my 45 truck, so I adjusted it so it would hold. Problem was, the brakes were dragging when the brake was off. Delving further into it, the brake was only holding on the passenger side and not engaging on the driver's side. I took the brake drum off and even adjusting all the slack out of that cable will not engage that shoe. I am trying to figure out how to fix this? The brakes work great stopping the truck - it's just the emergency brake that I can't get to work.

I had assumed that everything was connected properly, but after lots of searching I may have identified the problem. Looking at a photo of a 40 passenger car brake assembly from the EV8 club forum identified during a search, it appears that the e-brake actuating arms have been reversed on my truck. Take a look at my pic plus one from a 40 that was posted on the EV8 club forum by Mike Kubarth. I also have a link to a parts drawing that shows all the parts to the brake, although this is for a passenger car. It looks just like mine. It's hard to be definitive about the assembly from the parts drawings, however

I'd appreciate comments about whether my brake is assembled properly. The first pic is my brake assembly, the second is a 40 passenger car pic posted by Mike Kubarth on the V8 club forum.

Thanks in advance for comments andsuggestions.

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/F...s_46-48car.jpg