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1931 Brake Adjusting Guages

 

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I am at a point that I need to adjust the service brakes on my 4 door sedan.  The brakes have been rebuilt, and all of the linkage has been disassembled, cleaned, painted and reinstalled.  Looking at the repair manual, I see that they state to use "Brake Adjusting Gages". I obviously do not have these gages so starting the adjustment process is a no-go at the moment.  Does anyone know if these gages are available, or if there are plans out there to make these gages? A photo would be helpful. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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Ralph 


   
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Morten C
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This is the correct tool: Brake linkage adjustment tool

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(@ralph-c-vemmer)
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Thanks Morten.  But I am talking about the gauges that are used to measure the lengths of the adjusted brake rods.  


   
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Steve Dalphonse
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@ralph-c-vemmer There is no gauge to measure the rods that I am aware of other than the one Morten referred to . The rod lengths will vary depending on the amount of wear on the brake linings. Basically the gauge is for setting the brake cross shaft to the proper position. After each brake assembly is separately adjusted then the rods are installed/adjusted to connect the cross shaft to the adjuster at each wheel with as little play as possible and the brake not dragging. When I adjusted the brakes on my car I found it beneficial to use a brake adjusting tool on both sides of the cross shaft. In my opinion it helped to prevent disturbing the setting after one side is adjusted and you are working on the opposite side. It took me a long time to learn how to properly adjust the brakes on my 32 as evidenced by the number of post on the subject I made on the old forum.

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I have only recently used a brake gauge to adjust '32 brakes. It made it a little easier as it holds the center rod ends in place. In the past I located the center shaft arms so they approached the vertical position (maximum leverage) when the shoes met the drums. It will be necessary to adjust each rod individually (matching side to side) to achieve the desired brake performance.

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Hello Ralph C Vemmer,

Regarding this topic, in the old forum see: 1931 Brake Challenges by GreenBayPacker14 09/15/20 10:51am #447824.

Read all posts - may help.


   
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