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1930/1931 front brake rods
Posted: October 25th, 2016, 6:24 am
by Neil Wilson
AAholic wrote:speaking of brake rods, the beads on my front brake rods were about 6" forward of the return springs (in addition to being heavily pitted, worn and bent) so I replaced them with rods offered by Snyder's and the beads are still shy of the springs.
Has anyone else encountered this? Snyder's only offers one front rod for 1930-31. Is there a source for different rods or have I got something wrong?
As indicated above - The front rod for the 1930/1931 AA131 and 157 was an AA rod and is not sold by vendors as far as I know. It was 61-5/16" long with an adjustable clevis at the front and an eye at the rear. The rod had a spring pocket button which was 27-3/8" from the fixed eye. The button was for the brake retracting spring.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: October 25th, 2016, 9:19 pm
by AAholic
I checked it out and it's the A-2501-A alright measuring about 61-1/2". I think I just got it in backwards not realizing that the adjustable clevis should face forward (thank you Mr President) from the " pocket button" to the eye measures about 28" so it would seem to be very close to the original spec.
Thanks
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: October 26th, 2016, 7:21 am
by Neil Wilson
AAholic wrote:I checked it out and it's the A-2501-A alright measuring about 61-1/2". I think I just got it in backwards not realizing that the adjustable clevis should face forward (thank you Mr President) from the " pocket button" to the eye measures about 28" so it would seem to be very close to the original spec.
Thanks
It would be interesting to know if Snyder's sells A-2501-A as for the 1930/1931 AA front rod. The Ford parts list shows part AA-2501 as the 1930/1931 AA front rod.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: October 26th, 2016, 5:39 pm
by AAholic
Here's what Snyder's offers Neil
Brake Rod Lengths?
Posted: October 27th, 2016, 7:51 am
by Neil Wilson
AAholic wrote:Here's what Snyder's offers Neil
Here is my research on the Snyder's AA brake rods:
- Snyder's A-2499-B 50-1/2" rod would be the 50-1/2" A-2499-B Ford part. It is for the A chassis plus the front service brake rod for the 1928/1929 AA chassis (those with emergency brakes). RGJS table shows 50-5/8" - needs to be check out.
Snyder's A-2499-D 65-5/16" rod would be the 65-5/16" AA-2499-D Ford part. It is the 1930/1931 AA131 and AA157 AA chassis rear service brake rod.
Snyder's A-2501-A 61-5/8" rod would be the 61-5/8" AA-2501 Ford part. It is the 1930/1931 AA131 and AA157 AA chassis front service brake rod.
Snyder's A-2864-B 63-5/8" rod would be close to the 63-7/8" AA-2864-B Ford part which is listed as being for the 1930/1931 emergency brake rod. RGJS table shows 62-1/8". That is 1-3/4" shorter. This needs to be checked out.
I have added a task on my calendar to check out the two RGJS table differences.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: November 19th, 2016, 4:42 pm
by Chris Reed
I was looking at the brakes on my AA today and it looks like a few of my brake rods are bent. I did a search and found this post.
Has anyone used the snyder's brake rods? Are they correct?
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: November 19th, 2016, 7:34 pm
by Stakebed
they can be straightened relatively easily. The ones on my truck I had to straighten. They arent perfect but pretty darn close.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: November 20th, 2016, 4:41 am
by Chris Reed
Thanks Stakebed, are you just heating them up and bending them back into place? My concern would be they would loose their strength by doing that.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: November 20th, 2016, 5:20 am
by Stakebed
I just cold bent em. Mine were mostly straight but had a bunch of bows and bends. If yours are more slinky than brake rod I would think about replacing them.
Re: Brake Rod Guide
Posted: April 24th, 2020, 2:33 pm
by slavalley
I made this today to visualize the rear brake rods on the 88-A, relative to each other . Not sure what the offset should be, took a stab, based on the return spring offset, and set them 2 inches apart.