You are correct. The rear anti-rattlers push the rod rearward to keep the shoes from dragging. The front anti-rattlers push the rods forward to do the same function.
Rusty Nelson
Tom, For clarification, the springs/anti-rattlers themselves are mounted on the pedal side of the "ball" and push the rods toward the respective backing plates in order to prevent the springs pulling on the rods in the braking direction?
Tom, For clarification, the springs/anti-rattlers themselves are mounted on the pedal side of the "ball" and push the rods toward the respective backing plates in order to prevent the springs pulling on the rods in the braking direction?
Hm, don't know how to understand that... I have mounted them so that they pull the rods into the direction of the pedal, or the middle of the car. The front ones pull to the rear, the rear ones pull to the front. am i having a brain-fart and being too confused?
sorry, after a good nights sleep: yes, i must have been confused, very confused.
The brake rods are pulled by the pedal. The springs have to work in the other direction, pulling the rods in the direction to the brakes, so back in the back and to the front in the front.