Model A Ford Brake Rod Adjustment

When this occurs adjustment can b e easily made as follows.

Model a ford brake rod adjustment.

Jack up all four wheels. 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. See that wheels revolve freely.

Fully release emergency brake lever. Always be sure that all are loose as you do all four one at a time. Do the brake shoe to drum tightening before attaching the brake rod. Bob guimarin giving the sonora a s members a lesson on model a brakes.

Another good brake trick is to balance your brake rods to length. Place pin in clevis one at a time and adjust until pin snaps over brake arm. You can lock the rod clevice eye a bit out of plane with. The angle is set with the actuating rod or pills to take up slack.

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. The fifteen degrees is ideal but not set in stone as all cars have some different wear and characteristics. Turns out my push rod needed adjusted. Make all adjustments with brakes cold.

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. My brake pedal was super soft after a brake booster replacement. 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. Pedal is more firm now and brakes much better.

There are two separate brake systems on the model a the four wheel service brakes and the emergency brake. The 1931 model a ford is a classic but like many classic cars owning one means investing substantial time and money into maintenance and repairs. You will need to disconnect all service brake rods where the adjustment is made. Release hand brake lever.

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.