Model A Ford Brake Rod Adjustment

There are two separate brake systems on the model a the four wheel service brakes and the emergency brake.

Model a ford brake rod adjustment.

Jack up all four wheels. Place pin in clevis one at a time and adjust until pin snaps over brake arm. This video will show you how to do just that. Do the brake shoe to drum tightening before attaching the brake rod.

My brake pedal was super soft after a brake booster replacement. Make all adjustments with brakes cold. 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. Front at the wheels and back at the cross shaft.

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. 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. Always be sure that all are loose as you do all four one at a time.

The fifteen are after the slop is taken up turn the brake rod eye so the pin just slips in. When this occurs adjustment can b e easily made as follows. Fully release emergency brake lever. Release hand brake lever.

You will need to disconnect all service brake rods where the adjustment is made. You can lock the rod clevice eye a bit out of plane with. Remove rod a 1853 that connects emergency brake lever to cross shaft center. Turn the carburetor adjusting rod one full turn to the left to give it a richer mixture.

The fifteen degrees is ideal but not set in stone as all cars have some different wear and characteristics. Bob guimarin giving the sonora a s members a lesson on model a brakes. 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. Pedal is more firm now and brakes much better.

See that wheels revolve freely.