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#83148 09/19/2007 9:01 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 | Help!
Could anyone measure the length (shortest point of notch to notch in bar) of the spreader bar for a 1955 to I think 1960 1/2 ton pickup Emergency Spreader
bar or Strut bar and post it here.
Just trying to make sure I have the correct ones before I go buy new brake shoes.
Thanks
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#83149 09/19/2007 9:34 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | here ya go Barry, the rear shoes are Raybestos 55-RR Bill | | |
#83150 09/20/2007 2:39 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 | | | |
#83151 09/20/2007 2:43 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | you gottem, and the right shoes .... except if that last pic is the left rear [judging by the muffler], you've got the shoes backwards, the short [primary] shoe goes to the front, all corners
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#83152 09/20/2007 3:01 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 | Thanks Red58
The Problem is when I install them it holds the shoe to the left about a 1/2 inch off the pivot cam at the top | | |
#83153 09/20/2007 3:13 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | might be you just need to bash things a bit to get everything seated right - if the numbers are correct [55RR and length] might be cuz the shoes are backwards, try switching the shoes, tho' I think the 'core' part is identical for primary and secondary - those things are a pain .... make sure that spring on the end is seated and the "ear" on the spring isn't hanging it up
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#83154 09/20/2007 3:53 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 | Bill
when I took them off like that I kind of thought
the shoes where reversed but thats the way I took them off and they had worked like that before so I did not question it to much till I was tring to get the e Brake to work.I will compare measurements with yours and fix the brake oreintation problem and try again.
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#83155 09/20/2007 9:01 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If the shoes wont go back far enough to contact the anchor the emergency cables are stuck or adjusted up to tight. Also a stuck wheel cyl. will cause this but I,m shure you serviced them before putting on new shoes.
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