my 57 project

Fitz · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:12 pm

got the brake lever back today...was gonig to put it in but friends came over and after too may beers did not get a chance...will post pics of it in the car soon

Boom · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:28 pm

that thing is coming along nicely I wish mine was coming along as good as yours it seems to have slowed down some on my end I guess life happens ha ha I like the agave color that thing is gonna be awesome I assume you are going toi be driving he heck out of it???? even though its a show car all the way man

beetleluvr · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:48 pm

fitz69 wrote:

got the brake lever back today...was gonig to put it in but friends came over and after too may beers did not get a chance...will post pics of it in the car soon

Fitz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:57 pm

ive ran into a snag...the emergency brake cables just dont seem to be long enough...second set..t ried the later years now i have ones that go to my car but no worky...need another2 inches...

Boom · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:58 pm

fitz69 wrote:

...need another2 inches...

I hate when I hear that ha ha

Fitz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:03 pm

realy pulling my hair out over it...ive tried 10 diff ways to fit it but still no luck....im running later shoes because they are wider but that should not have anything to do with it...there no bigger just wider...when you put the cable on it pulls the e-brake rod in therefore sending the shoes out causing the drum not to fit...

Boom · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:05 pm

do ya have a pic of the cables installed?

gostros · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:26 pm

fitz69 wrote:

realy pulling my hair out over it...ive tried 10 diff ways to fit it but still no luck....im running later shoes because they are wider but that should not have anything to do with it...there no bigger just wider...when you put the cable on it pulls the e-brake rod in therefore sending the shoes out causing the drum not to fit...

oh well, guess you'd better get rid of it. Don't worry, I'll take it off your hands.

slammerd · **Posted:** Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:26 pm

fitz69 wrote:

realy pulling my hair out over it...ive tried 10 diff ways to fit it but still no luck....im running later shoes because they are wider but that should not have anything to do with it...there no bigger just wider...when you put the cable on it pulls the e-brake rod in therefore sending the shoes out causing the drum not to fit...

3 things that may help
1. Do you have the cables crossed where the come out of the tubes in the tunnel?

2. Have you tried to put the cable on the shoe first and then put the cable on the lever with someone pushing gently on the shoe to get the nut on the lever started?

3. Did you compare the sizes of your tube from the drum to body with the original one? When I did my 66, the size was different from the original and the one I bought, and I had too much play. I could screw the nut down to the end of the threads. I though I was going to have to tap the dumb thing.

Fitz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:26 pm

ethan came over today and he can attest there just is something screwed up...i was trying to put later shoes and cylenders to have wider brakes and i figured out a way to get it on with some fabrication but when i screwed the nuts on with the 200 plus pounds of torgue i could not spin the wheels so i think i need to go back to the mid year shoes and cylenders which ill pick up tommorrow...i called today and bap geon got them in for me...tony over there is the greatest...

other work i did after ethan left and after i spent two hours trying to get the b/s to work.. i did some easy assembly

theve all been powder coated...

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