Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => Kaiser Forum => Topic started by: checker on August 21, 2017, 07:02:15 PM
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Guys, I need a tip from experienced folks again... :'(
I did my brakes, replaced everything except the springs which looked ok.
I adjusted the brakes per the Shop Manual's instructions.
Went for a test drive and brakes work just fine like never before, no pumping required anymore, no pulling on one side or another.
The only things is after a few stops around the block, I started earing like a draging noise from the rear brakes.
Brakes still work fine. First thought that I broke a return spring or something although, the only thing I did not adjusted yet is the parking brake, it's completely loose, could it be the source of my noise ? (before I start pulling everything apart again..)
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I redid all the brakes on my 54 Kaiser special and after that the brakes would lock up in reverse and yes,
it was the parking brake being to loose.
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I don't know about the big Kaisers but on the Henry J there is a bar that is there to push the shoes out when the parking brake cable is pulled. I once got that piece in backwards and it made a lot of clicking and scraping noises. I pulled the hub and put it on right and that fixed it. See it pointed out by red circle in picture.
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Another source of noise could be from the shoes themselves. If they are new, not relined shoes, there's a chance the shoe is too wide and that's allowing it to make contact with the drum. I bought a set of new shoes from Auto Zone and experienced the problem. I ended up grinding a small amount of material off the shoe (not the lining) so they were a bit narrower and that solved the problem.
Apparently, quality control isn't what it used to be!
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I ended up grinding a small amount of material off the shoe (not the lining) so they were a bit narrower and that solved the problem
Now that I've read this it reminded me that I had to do the same on my '52 J back in '01 when I got it. Newly relined shoes, no rivets, pad were a bit too long. Some grinding fixed it.
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Yeah, the shoes are new.
It could be the source of the intermittent (explained by a some loose in the hardware, I guess) but quite loud rubbing/grinding noise.
How much did you have to grind off the new shoes ?
How did you do it ?
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My bad ! :-[
I wrongly installed the rear brakes return springs !
They were attached to the nearest hole on the shoe, keeping them loose, found them at the bottom of the drums as I disassembled the brakes.
Re-installed everything the proper way and all is fine now.
Thanks for sharing your tips and advices.
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