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I had a 53 ford Mainline and the wheels had very tiny bleeder holes to leave out the air between the tube and rim when being inflated and caused slow leaks with out a tub.Some holes were rusted or filled with dirt closing them off but enough were open to cause slow leak.They are very small and...

posted new pictures of backing plate with shoes off so you can see eccentric ,Here is link to one rest are in my pictures. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=4451&pictureid=37937

If you look up on this forum I have a link to pic I took from my shop Manuel. also in my pics.

Thanks I will do so.

Hear is a link to pics of front brakes the spring is on the right with description line going to it. I hope this works I am not sure how to get pics to this forum. http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=4451&pictureid=37909

The shoes are right except for this 1 hole that is just below the wheel cylinder plunger on the front brakes secondary shoe.A spring goes from that hole to a hole in the backing plate just below the bearing seal. It pulls the shoe against a eccentric that you can adjust from the back of the...

Has anyone ever removed the eccentric on the front brakes that adjusts the clearance of secondary shoe? I am putting new lining on and a duel master cylinder and the new shoes do not have the hole for the eccentric spring. I have adjusted these brakes in the past with this 54 only eccentric...