Technical 32 Juice Brake Troubleshooting

So I see. That ****s when trying to get the shoes seated correctly.

 

I’d trust shoe’s from back in the day to fit pretty well. Any shoes that I get today (50’s - 60’s GM) with fixed pin drum brakes ****! The shoes are either too high or too low. So, stands to reason new Ford shoes would do the same thing.

 

Your shoes are on backwards. The big end of the cylinder and the longer shoe always point to the front on these old Ford brakes.

The lube for the wheel bearing seems very runny. A good grease hasn’t been discovered since the best one was discontinued by the manufacturer. But maybe a reader will let us know if they’ve found one.

 

It is a fixed pivot but the later shoes have a sliding insert that pivots on the fixed pin so in effect it is self adjusting. That said, these parts need checking to ensure they are not seized and can move if needed.

 

@Mart @alchemy in this design… was there a tendency for either leading or trailing ends of the shoe lining to wear thinner due to the shoe not being fixed in place at pivot point?

 

Yup, Ford brakes of that era with the non floating bottom of the shoes are backwards from the floating shoes most people are used to.