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WELL I've been serching for an assenbly pictures of the front brakes. Mainly the articulating links, when i assemble them the way I found them , the shoes are not inline with each other front to rear OR slightly offset/ not in same plain in drum.
This truck is a 47 ART DECO with 12 inch front, 14 inch rear drums, 1 3/8 wheel cylinders all around. Can anyone help with some pictures, or places to look. OR an explanation of how the links lay in?
Please my eyes are blury , the electric bill is up,and the wife is suspicious of what i'm doing online for so long.

I will try and look up some pictures for you. I have seen them done two ways:

The links from one shoe outside of the links from the other shoe or stacked one from one shoe, one from the other and repeat again.

Truckernix Thanks for the quick response. My links are set in the staggered mode now, But that way leaves the shoes staggered front to rear, seems strange, and seems like it might put shoes in bind under load at the shoe guide. I hope that there is an definitive answer, I hate front wheel lock-up I'm already gray enough

I am still looking for a diagram to show the arrangement. From memory I think the links have different shapes, some of them have a bend to fit into the setup. What I will say is that with my 1951 1 Ton, I have absolutely no complaint with my Huck brakes. They work very nicely and the truck stops easily and evenly.