Chevrolet 10 Series 1970 Service Manual page 268

BRAKES 5-30
1. C over A d ju ste r S lot
2. S crew , Lock W asher,
C y lin d e r M o u n tin g
3. C o ve r, W h e e l C y lin d e r
4. W heel C y lin d e r
5 . S crew , W h e e l C y lin d e r
B leeder
6 . P in, F o rw a rd -a c tin g A n ch o r
2. Make sure that brake backing plate, w heel cylin der
anchor bolts and cylin d er
torqued to specification s.
3. In stall shoes on hold-downs, locating each retracting
spring so that its long shank is hooked at the anchor
end of the shoe.
4. In stall fla t w ashers and hold down C -w ash ers.
5. In stall brake shoe return springs with T ool J-8049.
6. Adjust b ra k es—In itial manual lining adjustment.
a. Back o ff manual adjustment cam s.
b. Center each shoe,
slid in g shoe up o r down in its anchor slot until
the leading and tra ilin g edges of the linings are
equal distance fro m the inner curl of the brake
mounting plate.
c. Install hub and brake
Section 3.
d. At one manual shoe adjuster stud, rotate adjuster
cam stud in the d irection o f forw a rd drum ro ta ­
tion, tightening (do not overtighten ) the adjust­
ment until the shoe drags on drum. Back o ff the
adjuster cam stud w hile rotating drum forw ard,
until drag just is re lie v e d .
F ig . 5 6 —Type " F R -3 A "
7. S crew , S tarw heel A d ju s te r
8. S ta rw h e e l, Shoe A d ju s te r
9. B o lt, C a rria g e , Shoe
H o ld -d o w n
10. W asher, Shoe H o ld -d o w n
11. N u t, C a s te lla te d , Shoe
H o ld -d o w n
12. L o c k w ire , H o ld -D o w n N u t
mounting s c rew s are
b e fo re installin g drum, by
drums as d irected in
S e lf-A d ju s tin g Brake Components
13. S pring, Long Shoe R e tra ctin g
14. S pring , S hort, Shoe R e tra ctin g
15. Brake Shoe
16. Brake Lin in g
17. R ive t, Brake Lin in g
18. Hex E c c e n tric , A u to m a tic
A d ju s te r
e. Adjust the second manual shoe adjuster stud in
the sam e manner, fo rw a rd to tighten and r e v e rs e
to re lie v e drag. (Do not overtighten).
7. L ow er veh icle and rebleed if n ecessa ry.
BRAKE C O M PO N EN TS-SELF-A D JU STIN G
(W A G N ER TYPE FR-3A)
Removal (Fig. 56 )
1. Jack up axle.
2. It may be n ecessary to back o ff adjustable starw heels
sligh tly to fr e e grooved drum s.
back o ff adjustment
jam m ed against the fric tio n
sc re w as this may damage the ring.
3. Rem ove re a r brake drum as d irected in Section 4.
4. Unhook the two automatic adjuster sprin gs. Rem ove
each long adjuster link by pivoting back the s ta r­
w heel cranks until th eir slots align
U-hooks. L ift out links, then slid e th eir S-hooks
fro m the anchor pin cranks. R em ove short links by
rotating anchor cranks until link U-hooks c le a r the
eccen trics on shoe webs, then rem ove th e ir s m a lle r
19. S crew , E c c e n tric S e lf-T a p p in g
20. C rank A ssem bly, S tarw heel
21 . L in k , Long, S tarw h eel C rank
22. C ra n k, A u to m a tic A d ju ste r
A ncho r
23. " C " W asher, A n c h o r C rank
24. Link Short, A n c h o r C rank
2 5 . S pring , A u to m a tic A d ju s te r
Take ca re not to
so much that starw h eel
ring on the adjuster
with the link
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