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Astronomer
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Brake adjusters

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Are the snail cam adjusters and masks identical for front and back brakes? One parts supplier has front ones not back ones listed but they look identical from the pictures.
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Plenty of new front and rear snail cam adjusters and masks on 'e' bay.

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Astronomer wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:36 pm Are the snail cam adjusters and masks identical for front and back brakes? One parts supplier has front ones not back ones listed but they look identical from the pictures.
Quite simply, it depends on the year of car, or if an earlier car has been given the latter front brakes.
When they fitted the larger engine in '62, they upped the front brakes from 7" to 8".
The adjusters are different sizes.
See this post I made a year ago for the details.
viewtopic.php?p=676706#p676706
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Hopefully this picture shows the difference? 7" adjuster snail/cam on the left and the 8" one on the right.
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Re: Brake adjusters

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A vast and obvious difference!
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