| 36ford pick-up | -- 03-21-2014 @ 4:43 PM |
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36 pick-up converted to juice brakes has 1939/42 on the rear. (01A-2001) On the front it has 1945/48 juice brakes. (51A-2001) My question is thru the `50`s, Primary shoe went to front-(short shoe) and sec. (long shoe) was the rear shoe. Back then did the longer shoe go on the front and the short shoe go to the rear? Whoever redid the truck, put the short shoe in the front which looked to be softer and wore out. I have seen pictures with the longer shoe in the front .Help
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| blarge | -- 03-21-2014 @ 5:41 PM |
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The long brake shoe goes on the front location of the 39-48 Ford brake systems. These are a Lockheed design, with the anchor end pivot fixed to the backing plate. This allows the front shoe to be self energizing in the forward direction, but the rear shoe has no self energizing going forward and does less to stop the car. The lining is shorter because it does less work and wears less too. In 1949, Ford uses the Bendix brake design with the floating connection of the shoes at the bottom. This floating bottom system uses the drag on the front shoe to self energize the rear shoe, and therefore needs the long shoe at the rear and the short shoe on the front. Bill Large
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| 36ford pick-up | -- 03-22-2014 @ 2:01 PM |
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Thank-you INTERESTING I knew something was wrong.
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