Early Tudor 4-wheel emergency brake system

[28ARTudor]

We have an early 1928 Model A AR Tudor and trying to restore the driver's side 4-wheel emergency brake system. The vin is 15066 so it does not have the emergency brake shoes and uses the 4-wheel brake system as the emergency brake. Does anyone have diagram, picture of how the brake system for the 4-wheel emergency brake should look and be assembled? Attached is a parts picture shared to me of what the components should be but I have not idea how to put them together if I get the parts. We have the brake arm and housing in the left side of the frame and are missing the rest of linkage.


Thanks,
Jim

 

[Robert/Texas]

You might post your location. If you happen to live near me, about 20 miles northwest of Brenham Texas you are welcome to take a look at the brake system on my early '28 pickup.

 

[rotorwrench]

This link is to another member who was working on the early equalizer brakes.
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26435&highlight=equalizing+brake

His hand drawn diagram is rudimentary but correct. The very first January 1929 Service bulletin instructs how to adjust this set up. The final change to the brakes is simpler in parts and adjustment but won't help you at all. The real early ones had the left side E-brake handle that connected back to the equalizer beam that is mounted up inside the center cross member. That beam in turn actuated the equalizer that is set between the left and right side actuator shafts which affect the brake rods and then the wheel brakes on all four corners. There is a diagram that shows the early left side brake with the later center brake handle but they are superimposed and it can be confusing.

Certain states required a separate actuation of the emergency brake so Ford started changing it sometime in May 1928. This Link has some more information.
https://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37967

There are other threads on this subject if you do a search.