I made a post a couple of days ago about having brake issues on my 1960 Ford 861 Diesel. I removed the drums and had them turned. Long story short they were trash and I had to get another set out of the junkyard. The new set of drums was turned and came out very nice. I installed them but ran into these problems:
1) I am still getting an uneven wear patten on the brake shoes. Instead of wearing on each break shoe all the across, I am only getting a wear pattern on the back side of the shoes near the brake adjusting screw. The side of the shoes near the brake cross shaft doesn't even have a scratch on it. I thought that the shoes were supposed to contact evenly on the brake drum.
2) When I adjust the brake adjusting screw to get a slight drag on the drum (per the book), I only get a sight drag 3/4 of a turn and then the drum gets really tight.
3) The RH Brake petal is still only 1" off the running board. All of the brake springs have been replaced with no change. I noticed that the end of the brake shoes have about a 1/8" gap between the slotted brake cross shaft. If I put an 1/8" washer between it the petal sits at a 3" height which is much better.
The brake shoes meet the same ford p#.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
1) I am still getting an uneven wear patten on the brake shoes. Instead of wearing on each break shoe all the across, I am only getting a wear pattern on the back side of the shoes near the brake adjusting screw. The side of the shoes near the brake cross shaft doesn't even have a scratch on it. I thought that the shoes were supposed to contact evenly on the brake drum.
2) When I adjust the brake adjusting screw to get a slight drag on the drum (per the book), I only get a sight drag 3/4 of a turn and then the drum gets really tight.
3) The RH Brake petal is still only 1" off the running board. All of the brake springs have been replaced with no change. I noticed that the end of the brake shoes have about a 1/8" gap between the slotted brake cross shaft. If I put an 1/8" washer between it the petal sits at a 3" height which is much better.
The brake shoes meet the same ford p#.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.