Model A Ford Brake Rod Adjustment

The fifteen are after the slop is taken up turn the brake rod eye so the pin just slips in.

Model a ford brake rod adjustment.

Turn the carburetor adjusting rod one full turn to the left to give it a richer mixture. Jack up all four wheels. Only when the band linings become excessively worn permitting the emergency brake lever to come back to the extreme rearward position will adjustment be required for wear. The fifteen degrees is ideal but not set in stone as all cars have some different wear and characteristics.

Fully release emergency brake lever. Pedal is more firm now and brakes much better. You will need to disconnect all service brake rods where the adjustment is made. Turn the adjusting wedge at each brake not the pull rod until the brake drags then back off the wedge 2 or 3 notches or just enough to allow the wheels to revolve without drag.

Do the brake shoe to drum tightening before attaching the brake rod. Remove rod a 1853 that connects emergency brake lever to cross shaft center. There are two separate brake systems on the model a the four wheel service brakes and the emergency brake. See that wheels revolve freely.

Make all adjustments with brakes cold. Front at the wheels and back at the cross shaft. My brake pedal was super soft after a brake booster replacement. You can lock the rod clevice eye a bit out of plane with.

If the brakes are giving you a lot of trouble in your model a and when are they not it may be time to adjust them. Turns out my push rod needed adjusted. Another good brake trick is to balance your brake rods to length. The ford model a use a sliding pinion type of gear or sometimes just called a sliding gear transmission it has 3 forward gears and 1 reverse.

Release hand brake lever. The angle is set with the actuating rod or pills to take up slack. Bob guimarin giving the sonora a s members a lesson on model a brakes. This video will show you how to do just that.

Place pin in clevis one at a time and adjust until pin snaps over brake arm.