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812 Brake Squeal with new shoes, cylinders, etc.
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If you saw the corrugated dirt roads here in OZ you would cry. You need good teeth and a mouth guard to proceed. The only way to drive on the corrugated stuff is to drive fast. It is absolute murder on suspensions.
Stay on the black stuff it really is the best in your country.
AJ hang in there at least it has been running and driveable. You will probably have a few minor things to sort out before she is a reliable car again. There are guys out there starting with absolute wrecks which will take years to get to the start up stage.
I did notice the fuel tank looks new and it has a Canadian sticker. Without knowing how old the tank actually is may I suggest you drain the tank to get an idea of just how clean it is.
You may have some dirt in the carburettor.
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AJ - Your dad sounds a lot like mine - there were lots of thing that he never had a problem with but went to hell when I took over. You are doing a good job with the Cord and I look forward to seeing it one of these days, hopefully back in Auburn. Maybe we can caravan out and back. You can pick me up in PA on your way thru. I think the key to them is staying on top of all the little things before they become large items.
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Thank God we can keep clear of dirt roads ....... most of the time.
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I completely agree with you, The Cords are PURE JOY to drive when they are running right. I put well over 50,000 miles on my sedan and enjoyed almost every one of them. But there is always something to do on them, even if its small. But beware, they have ears and hear you! It seamed like every time I said the Cord was running well, it had to prove me wrong! I don't think they have internet access or can read yet so we are safe here.
May you have many, many miles of Effortless Motoring!!!
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AJ you don't need to chamfer the sides of the linings but you will need to replace the linings you have soon. The rivet heads are almost level with the linings.
Hopefully you will sort out the hiccups along the way.
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Good news!!!! I just drove about 10 miles and zero squeaks or lock ups. What fixed it was chamfering all the edges including the sides. So the pads were the problem.
Bad news was 3 miles from home it started sputtering. I do not believe vapor lock as I threw the electric pump on and it didn't completely smooth out. But a separate problem for another day.
I jinxed myself when I thought "Wow, this car is fantastic and finally fully sorted!".
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Lockheeds are retarders, Bendix are stoppers.
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You should take an inventory of all your springs and parts to make sure you have all the parts shown on Terry's pic and assemble them as shown.
I don't know about you, but sometimes us older folks can benefit tremendously by taking lots of pics or making diagrams of what we are starting to disassemble, before we disassemble it. Then we can refer to that info as we attempt to remember how it goes back together..
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One shows a front wheel brake assembly and the other shows a rear wheel brake assembly.
You appear to be missing the springs either side of the wheel cylinder and the lower spring is not making contact with the brake adjustment star nut. The spring stops the star nut from moving out of adjustment.
Note The rear spring metal covers. See diagram below pictures.
Good luck with your investigations.
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We have chamfered the shoes and I'm going to test it out again hopefully on Monday. We would contour them but as you guys have noted some of the rivets are close to the surface.
I'll let you know what happens. Old cars are fun.
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Switch the shoes to the other side of the car and see if the squeak follows.
My brakes have the same bolt, nut etc. on the rears. Seems wrong but that is what they did on at least these 2 cars..
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Terry - I'm eying the shoes suspiciously also. Digging out some original shoes tomorrow for comparison.
I will report results.
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The rivet heads will be rubbing against the drum in no time.
I also noted there is no chamfer at the ends of the linings.
Not being familiar with the Bendix brakes I'm surprised to see a nut with a split pin holding the upper part of one brake shoe. I would have expected there to be spring loaded clips in four places.
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You are correct that the front and back look to be identical. While the original set I have seem to have a short and a long.
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