Manual drum brake adjuster kit 9" big Ford backing plates..

7423 · 06-27-2015, 09:12 PM

Looking for a manual adjuster hardware kit for a big Ford Torino style backing plate with 11"x 2.25" shoes. Anyone still offer this kit?

JHeath · 06-27-2015, 10:16 PM

Probably check Rock Auto, 11" would probably
be LTD, or Galaxie, early 70's, their website has pictures of all the brake hardware.

FED 387 · 06-28-2015, 12:51 AM

try currie enterprises they have the whole kit shoes included for both wheels about $120--- Fed 387

Rory McNeil · 06-28-2015, 01:46 AM

Don`t know if anybody sells them anymore, but my 1959 Ford sedan has factory 11" brakes with manual adjusters. Unlike the later self adjusting setup, the adjusting star wheel has much coarser teeth, and a lower spring that connects the primary and secondary shoes, and this spring is routed on top of the adjuster, so the spring actually prevents the star wheel from moving without deliberate pressure of an adjusting tool during brake adjustment. That said, what I did on the rear adjusters on my 85 Mustang was to remove approx1/2" of material from the female side of the adjuster, which provided enough room to install a jam nut which locks the adjuster in place.

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7423 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 639 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Manual drum brake adjuster kit 9" big Ford backing plates.. Looking for a manual adjuster hardware kit for a big Ford Torino style backing plate with 11"x 2.25" shoes. Anyone still offer this kit?

06-27-2015, 10:16 PM	#2
JHeath Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 786 Likes: 2,876 Liked 370 Times in 101 Posts	Re: Manual drum brake adjuster kit 9" big Ford backing plate Probably check Rock Auto, 11" would probably be LTD, or Galaxie, early 70's, their website has pictures of all the brake hardware. __________________ Jerry Heath I/S '93 Cobra FS/J 2010 Mustang "Ebay CJ"

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FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,412 Likes: 511 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Manual drum brake adjuster kit 9" big Ford backing plate try currie enterprises they have the whole kit shoes included for both wheels about $120--- Fed 387

06-28-2015, 01:46 AM	#4
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,309 Likes: 313 Liked 1,097 Times in 300 Posts	Re: Manual drum brake adjuster kit 9" big Ford backing plate Don`t know if anybody sells them anymore, but my 1959 Ford sedan has factory 11" brakes with manual adjusters. Unlike the later self adjusting setup, the adjusting star wheel has much coarser teeth, and a lower spring that connects the primary and secondary shoes, and this spring is routed on top of the adjuster, so the spring actually prevents the star wheel from moving without deliberate pressure of an adjusting tool during brake adjustment. That said, what I did on the rear adjusters on my 85 Mustang was to remove approx1/2" of material from the female side of the adjuster, which provided enough room to install a jam nut which locks the adjuster in place. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang