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[Bob Carriere]

Mike

These are the brake guts you need.....

the top one is the horse jaw bone.....

Then the curved lever that the cable connects to.....

As expected the worst parts to find are the tinnee little ones...
For example... the star wheel adjustment cam on the left is usually rusted on solid and has to be freed up and greased with moly.....

The other little bas**d are the small horse shoe clips..... commercial brake shop in town could not source them......

Finaly the curved guide at the bottom held by the cam bolts can be very rusted on some models...... that guides the cable..... you will need to remove the cast iron external guide that his sometimes rivetted to the backing plate....some are bolted which probably means they were serviced at one time..... remove the rivets.... re-install with bolts and cut yourself a felt washer that will sit between the cast iron part and the backing plate..... make sure the hole for the cable barely allows the cable and the end ferrul to go through...... soak the felt with engine oil..... it lubricates and keeps dirt from entering the brake drum cavity... or so says the old civvy book I have.....

Will need to bring an axle in from the field to strip down the parts hope you don't want them for this Wednesday.......

The worst part is always removing the brakedrum....! the rest is easy enough!!

Hang in there....... will confer with my partners in crime!!!

BooB