<VV> LM self-adjusting brakes

[Geoffrey A. Johnson]

Yeah... This is how I always do it. Sorry if it is hard to put in writing 
but think about the logic and it works and you never have to try to stretch 
that thing in place again.   With both shoes off in your hands, in the 
proper orientation, angle the top of the shoes (the top as in the part by 
the wheel cyinder) together so they are overlapping maybe four inches. 
Have the bottom of the shoes where the adjuster goes the regular distance 
apart.  Put the spring in place ( make sure you have it oriented right or 
it will interfere with the adjuster).   Then put the adjuster in place and 
pull the top of the shoes apart to their regular position.  THEN put the 
assembly on the car (Hold the assembly together so it does not come back 
apart while putting it in palce and getting the retainers on). Also take 
the adjuster mechanism apart and clean it really well and grease it 
lightly.  They are invariably stuck from sitting and 40 years of baked in 
grease.


Hope that makes sense and helps!
Geoff Johnson

--On Monday, October 11, 2004 7:04 PM -0400 jmclott <jmclott@netzero.net> 
wrote:

> Do any of you have a tip on how to assemble the actuator, pivot and
> override spring ?  Step 8 on page 5-9 of the '65 shop manual says "The
> actuator, pivot and override spring are on assembly.  It is not
> recommended that they be disassembled for service purposes, unless they
> are broken."  No disagreement here.  I spent the better part of this
> afternoon trying to stretch that spring into place with no success.  Any
> ideas?
>
> Jim McLott
> Member: CORSA, Corvair Atlanta, and 25% member (just the left-front) of
> Group Red
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