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I was told when I bought it that my 1930 A has an After market high compression head but I don't Know the brand. I want to buy a spare head gasket don't Know what to buy. Any suggestions?

Well, after taking the backing plates and all the components into work and measuring everything, the only thing I could see that was off at all was the roller track needing .015 to come off. So I cut the .015 of on the Bridgeport. Well this morning I put things back together and voila, It all...

The shoes are new molded linings from Mac's.

The hardness is comparable to the original. I understand the dimensions and all that is going on, I've been a precision machinist for 40 years. I just have to figure out why this is not centered. I have a set of replacement tracks I could through on but the dimensions of them are the same as...

After further thought. I think Les' measurement is from the rivet head which is probably the difference.

That's very helpful. I'll check this out after work. Thank you very much.

He says to bend the track to adjust. I'm not going to bend it .090

Thanks, It is from Les Andrew's book , I think I have the dimension correct. From the rivet to the roller track surface. I don't have the book with me. 1 5/16"

I'm doing my 1st brake job on the front of my 1930 fordor. I welded the roller track and ground the hight right at 1.312, the front shoe is high by about .090. Is it normal to have to remove that much material from the roller track to center the shoe. All the parts are new and measure up correctly.