Hydraulic (rear) brake line clearance

Posted by Paul Reasenberg on July 26, 1998 at 18:15:37

My 1930 Coupe was given, by a previous owner, hydraulic backing plates, wheel cylinders and master cylinder from a 1940-48 Ford truck. Clearance between the backing plate and the rear leaf-spring is so close that the steel 1/4-inch hydraulic tubing has to make a kinked bend just as it comes out of the fitting for the the wheel cylinder. Not surprisingly, and after 100 miles on the road, the kink seems to have evolved into a leak. I'm considering the following modification, which someone suggested a while back, but which seems so radical that I wanted some comments from you all before I embark on it.

My guy said to remove both rear backing plates, and swap left with right. Rotate each plate 180 degrees so that the wheel cylinder is at the bottom, and the shoe adjusting cams are on the top. This does appear to solve the clearance problem. It also preserves the front shoe's being in front. The emergency brake cable comes out of the backing plate toward the front as it should, but from the top half of the plate, above the radius arm. Does this matter? Is such a mod reasonable? Are there other ways to solve my problem?


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