The Ford Barn

jg61hawk · 02-20-2018, 09:04 AM

Follow up: I remembered I had all the old Emergency Brake stuff from when I bought the car. I had ordered all new everything. In looking at the parts I seem to see the old style (See Tom's picture #14) arched link is just slightly different than the new style (see my picture #5). The old one just strikes me as flatter and less likely to push the pin out toward the drum. I marked all the pins with chalk and I used the old part and reassembled the thing with NO axle shim. I ran the car for about 10 minutes and disassembled. No indication of rubbing. Reassembled. I'll check in 300 miles of real driving.

1955cj5 · 02-20-2018, 12:29 PM

Interesting, thanks for the follow-up.

Did you check the drivers side?

jg61hawk · 02-22-2018, 09:37 AM

Did you check the drivers side? You know I thought I should...but I also thought, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." No noise, works great... I think I'll keep my head in the sand!

02-20-2018, 09:04 AM	#21
jg61hawk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 404	Re: Lost One Emergency Brake Follow up: I remembered I had all the old Emergency Brake stuff from when I bought the car. I had ordered all new everything. In looking at the parts I seem to see the old style (See Tom's picture #14) arched link is just slightly different than the new style (see my picture #5). The old one just strikes me as flatter and less likely to push the pin out toward the drum. I marked all the pins with chalk and I used the old part and reassembled the thing with NO axle shim. I ran the car for about 10 minutes and disassembled. No indication of rubbing. Reassembled. I'll check in 300 miles of real driving.

02-20-2018, 12:29 PM	#22
1955cj5 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,578	Re: Lost One Emergency Brake Interesting, thanks for the follow-up. Did you check the drivers side? __________________ Early '29 CCPU that had a 4-speed, but not any more.......in the family since '62

02-22-2018, 09:37 AM	#23
jg61hawk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 404	Re: Lost One Emergency Brake Did you check the drivers side? You know I thought I should...but I also thought, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." No noise, works great... I think I'll keep my head in the sand!