Brake adjusters
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Brake adjusters
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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Re: Brake adjusters
Quite simply, it depends on the year of car, or if an earlier car has been given the latter front brakes.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.
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
Basil the 1955 series II


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Re: Brake adjusters
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
A vast and obvious difference!