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

[Rory McNeil]

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.