Self Adj To Manual Adj Drums

[Keith 944]

Do you plan on getting two sets and using just the longer shoes? I used to do that on my footbrake cars

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by Keith 944

Do you plan on getting two sets and using just the longer shoes? I used to do that on my footbrake cars

No, I'm just replacing the needed hardware.

[Chevy55]

Try a heavy repair truck shop, they usually do brakes on everything and might still have the adjusters and springs that you need.
The manual adjuster has a course gear wheel.


https://www.summitracing.com/parts/s...two-ten-series

[Steve Polhill]

Please tell me this is an April fools joke...LOL

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by Steve Polhill

Please tell me this is an April fools joke...LOL

No Steve, sorry.
It was a common thing back "in the day". It kept the brakes from dragging when the suspension stretched or squatted on launch, plus of course, from tightening up in general.
I'm building a '71 street/strip Duster, retro to the late 70's, early 80's. It's part of the build.
I guess now days, most cars are disc all around.

[Rory McNeil]

Not sure when Ford switched to self adjusting brakes, but for certain my 57,8,&9 Ford cars came with 9" rear ends with manual adjusters. The starwheel on the manual adjuster has much larger, wider teeth, and a straight spring that connects the 2 shoes together at the bottom, and also rides on top of the starwheel, to prevent the starwheel from moving on its own. Another option is what I did with my 85 Mustang Stockers 8.8" . It had C Clip eliminators, which took up a lot of space, so what I did was trim down the female end of the adjuster, to allow a fine thread nut to act as a jam nut while maintaining the original length of the adjuster.

[Mark Yacavone]

I haven't seen them in years. Imagine walking into the 'Zone and asking a 19 yo chick?

I just use the same cross spring, hole to hole. It'll bite down on one of the spring turns but not gonna let it move.

[Ralph A Powell]

1962 was the change!

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Not sure when Ford switched to self adjusting brakes, but for certain my 57,8,&9 Ford cars came with 9" rear ends with manual adjusters. The starwheel on the manual adjuster has much larger, wider teeth, and a straight spring that connects the 2 shoes together at the bottom, and also rides on top of the starwheel, to prevent the starwheel from moving on its own. Another option is what I did with my 85 Mustang Stockers 8.8" . It had C Clip eliminators, which took up a lot of space, so what I did was trim down the female end of the adjuster, to allow a fine thread nut to act as a jam nut while maintaining the original length of the adjuster.