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| | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 Smokey 56 | | Smokey 56 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 | I would like to rebuild my hand brake assembly - does anyone remake all the original assembly? Thanks for any help.
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | no, particularly as there is no such item as a "hand brake assembly" - only a couple pieces necessary for the hand/parking brake system are available - or needed actually, unless your whole system went missing Bill | | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 Smokey 56 | | Smokey 56 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 | Hi Bill,
Thank you for taking the time to reply! I have everything for my hand brake floor lever, but I would like to restore it to factory specs, the teeth below don't seem to grab that well anymore? are there any adjustments I can do? Thanks very much for your time.
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | no adjustments, if the teeth or the pawl are worn, you'd need to replace with good used, although it could just be the spring under the trigger [that's available] or just needs some fiddling and lube so it all moves smoother, might be that points around the prop shaft unit need cleaning and adjusting
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 Smokey 56 | | Smokey 56 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 | Thank you very much Bill! The teeth when I just looked are pretty pointy and look like it has been barely used. When I physically push back the handle spring it seems to lock in correctly, then if I push the trigger lever shaft to the middle of the handle shaftover towards the passanger side it locks in tightly. I have it rigged up to work for now, but I thought there might be a guideline to go by or a worn out part to by? Trying to restore this hansome truck. Thanks for your help!
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 |  the shop manual is a good thing to have, but simple things that the mechanics were expected to be able to figure out won't be covered - once you see how it's supposed to work it's just a matter of sussing out how to overcome the 50 years of mis-use, might just be a matter of light lubrication or tightening up the pivot pin Bill | | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 Smokey 56 | | Smokey 56 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 | Thanks for all the help and info!
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
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