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Hi Glen,
Sound NJ was the same as CT with the inspections only we had to go to state DMV offices for inspection. They never passed the cars and some of the inspectors loved rejecting them I think. Kind of like required emission testing, guys would lean out the carbs, pass the test, readjust the carb. It was and is another state tax on the citizen.
Not to start a debate on these brakes but they are not like a conventional drum system with primary and secondary shoes. The shoes are all the same, you can not install them backwards. They could bind on the slots of the starwheels, in fact they never fit the slots- another thing to fit.
Here is a right side setup, shoes installed.
Here are replacement over original shoes, all 4 are the same.
If you're old enough you'll remember one of the first things you learned about parking on hills was to apply the parking brake and make sure the wheels were turned into the curb. Why do you think that last part was emphasized ??
Hi Glen,
Sound NJ was the same as CT with the inspections only we had to go to state DMV offices for inspection. They never passed the cars and some of the inspectors loved rejecting them I think. Kind of like required emission testing, guys would lean out the carbs, pass the test, readjust the carb. It was and is another state tax on the citizen.
Gary, it does sound like CT and NJ, were very much alike. At NJ's inspection stations they tested emissions, front suspension, headlight alignment, horn, brakes, etc, and if you passed or failed, I think was often based on the mood inspector.
I can't tell you how many times someone would come to the garage, after failing for headlight alignment, and we'd find the headlights to be dead on. We'd tell the owner to wait a day or two before going back, and go through a different lane next time.
I leaned out a lot of carbs, too, to get cars through the emission test. Of course, a lot of them cars we'd previously pulled the A.I.R. off of for people, so they'd run better.
The Service Manual suggests that you tighten the shoes up until the rotor won't turn, then back off 10 notches. I just back them off until there is a slight drag as they will need to be burnished in.
And for '65 and early '66 owners, a way to improve your parking brakes holding power:
