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1941 Plymouth P-12 Brake Problem


JohnnyMaryjo

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why is it that my brake pedal hits the floor  then I have to pump it up

there was nothing wrong with my brakes until someone told me that  I should have them adjusted

only because ever decade it might pull to the right . but I had a full brake pedal.

and now  it still goes to the right all the time with pumping it up Holds  steady )  to where it used to be

need help what  has happened  when they did this so called adjustment

 

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They might have done it wrong. It takes special tools to adjust from scratch. Minor adjustments are easy, but if they turned the wrong adjusters, it might have to be set up with the drums off using a tool to correctly locate the shoes. @keithb7 here on the forum has some videos on youtube under "Keiths Garage" about these Lockheed brakes.

 

Here are three. There could be others.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPNQQo1mAc4&pp=ygUVMTkzOCBwbHltb3V0aCBicmFrZWVz

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3joEoIwyA&pp=ygUVMTkzOCBwbHltb3V0aCBicmFrZWVz

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkHgPXmt68&pp=ygUVMTkzOCBwbHltb3V0aCBicmFrZWVz

 

 

 

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