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  1. Lefty71

    Rear drums too tight

    All your components are new. Did you compare the new to old adjuster?? Yours looks long, judging by the contact made by the self adjusting arm.
  2. Lefty71

    68' DART BRAKE WOES

    Tell your wife you would never cave so easily when she needs your support. Sure seems like the Master didn't bleed properly even tho you described that it did...I'd keep looking there...
  3. Lefty71

    Double flare offset?

    "Reaming is fundamental"
  4. Lefty71

    Self adjusting front brakes

    Do believe it is. Are you asking because one side repeatedly requires loosening some every so often??
  5. Lefty71

    Help requested finding these Brake Hoses

    OEM brake systems keep the length of rubber hoses needed for the whole car to a very tight minimum for this very reason. And cost of course.
  6. Lefty71

    Help requested finding these Brake Hoses

    Agreed. Steel will definately improve pedal feel. Integrate a couple coils in each line for vibration and you are good.
  7. Lefty71

    Drum brake - initial adjustment

    Put together loose, then throw a couple lugs nuts or three on to hold firmly. Tighten the adjuster until you can no longer spin the drum by hand. Then start by backing off about eight to ten clicks (notches) on the adjuster. Apply and release the brakes a few times to "set" the shoes in a...
  8. Lefty71

    Ford 9" on a Dart brake shoe question

    I dunno if im tired, slipping or really just never noticed this before, but Im doing new shoes on a '69 Superstock GTS Dart that someone put a Ford 9" in, so my application is like an old 70's ford passenger car. The new brake shoes have more lining on two of the shoes than the other two. For...
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