INSTRUCTION BOOK
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Raise rear end of car sufficiently to allow whee]s to spin free
from
floor.
Tum adjusting wedge at both rear brakes until the brake
drags then back off the wedge two
or three notches or just
enough to allow the wheels to revolv e without drag.
To insure correct equalization, the same person should check
the brake pressure by rotating the wheel.
After adjusting rear brakes, adjust
the fron brakes in the
same manner.
If adjustments are correctly made the brakes should operate
as fo11ows:
I. Rear brakes should just start to hold when brake pedal
is depressed approximately
1 inch.
2. Depressingpedal about½ inch farther should tighten but
not lock rear brakes and cause front brakes to just start to
hold.
3. Depressing pedal approximately another
!
2
inch should
lock rear wheels and hold the fronts very tightly. With properly
adjusted brakes this should not exceed one-half of the to al
possible pedal movement.
4. When brake pedal is applied with full pressure, rear wheels
should slide and fronts should make
a heavy impression or
road print. which condition is obtained just before sliding.
When
all of the adjustment on the adjusting wedges is used
up, it will be necessary to reline the brakes. When this becomes
necessary we suggest you take your car to
an authorized Ford
dealer. They are provided with special relining equipment.
Adjusting Emergency Brakes
The emergency brake requires little attention from an ad-
justment or service standpoint,
and with ordinary care will last
indefinitely. Only when the band linings become excessively
worn, permitting the emergency brake lever to come back to
the extreme rearward position,
wiU adjustment be required for
wear. When this occurs adjustment can be easily made as
follows:
1. Fully release emergency brake lever.
2. Remove rod that connects emergency brake ]ever to cross
shaft center lever.
3. Next replace the rod inserting it through ho]e
in center
cross member and connecting the rod to the cross shaft center
lever through UPPER hole in lever.
Never adjust lor wear by shortening the pull rods.
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