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Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,041 Posts1,055,479 Members48,424 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | Lockheed brakes were used on Ford cars & trucks from the mid-1930's or before until 1948. Chrysler Corp. cars used them until sometime in the mid-50's. They had two equal-length shoes, and two hex nut adjusters in the backing plates, attached to a snail shell-shaped adjuusting cam. Each brake shoe gets adjusted individually, like a Huck brake. Most Lockheed brakes are not servo type brakes like Bendix, but some of them had a limited amount of self-centering ability from a slotted anchor pin at the bottom of each shoe. Some of the Chrysler Corp. brakes had different-sized wheel cylinder bores for the front and rear shoes at each wheel. Bendix-type brakes usually have better stopping ability than Lockheed, due to the servo action of the Bendix design. Jerry
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