Brake rods too short

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Brake rods too short
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 12:12 am:

When I got my roadster it was missing a brake rod, so I made one to match the one on the car. That worked OK with the old stock brakes, but when I recently installed new lined brake shoes both rods were too short to reach the control shaft. They were 53", and the original rods are 54". So today I made them longer.


I added enough thread to a pair of 5/16-24 bolts to match the threads on an original rod, cut the heads off, and cut enough off the rods to make each rod & bolt combination 54" long.


All I had to do then was weld them together, ...


...grind off the bumps, ...


...smooth the grinding, ...


...and shoot on a couple of coats of high dollar chassis paint. Ready to use when the paint dries.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 07:38 am:

That's how I did mine, as well.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john kuehn on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 08:23 am:

I wonder if that always comes up when the lined break shoes are used. I have 2 T's that have lined break shoes and when I installed them the break rods seemed shorter.

The rods were still long enough but just barely to be safe after adjusting them.


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