Brake shoes - which direction ?

my head hurts.


what will i find when i need to do a brake job?

 

What position were they in when you took them apart?

 

Early Ford hydraulic brakes with four fixed anchors are Lockheed brakes. Long shoe goes in front.

Boling Brothers brakes are Bendix-style brakes, with floating shoes, and an adjuster on the bottom. Long shoe goes in the rear.

Two different braking practices. Two different, and opposite shoe placements.

 

That is what I realized after I posted this. Thanks!

 

All new stuff. Never together.

 

Okay put this Thread back to sleep.

 

Can't really go by that, because whatever genius was in there last might have made a mistake.

Gimpy and others 'splained it well - if you actually look at what the Bendix "self energizing" design actually does it will make sense. The rear brake shoe does more work and wears faster than the front shoe by design. Most people probably envision the two brake shoes expanding out equally or applying the same braking action, they don't.

 

Makes sense. I didn't see if the parts were new or repairing older brakes.

 

If you are supposed to have a short and long shoe, why do some new sets have them all the saem size? Just bought Bosch 57 Chevy shoes, and all 4 were 'long' shoes. The ones on the car (installed in the 80's), were primary and secondary.