65 Commando stock brake set up
Thanks for all the info. I actually found a set of NOS 256 shoes.
So it appears people questioning the car actually being a V8 commando were mistaken. There were 1965 V8's with nine inch brakes, and I think this is one of them. Here's a picture of the set up with just the top springs and hold down pins removed. Notice no push rods, (correct), and perhaps having no star wheel adjust would also be correct. No parking brake cable either, which would have attached to the star wheel adjuster. 1965 service manual shows all these items though, and the shoes on the car have more braking material than the shoes I bought. I bought 9x2 shoes from O'reilly. Says a "433 shoe". Would these be correct for a nine inch drum or do I need to go another direction?
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...best-select-9-inch-bonded-brake-shoe/fdp0/433
Thanks for all the info. I actually found a set of NOS 256 shoes.
Great info. Sadly I don't have a build sheet. I found a very small piece of it under the back seat, the rest is in some dead mouse. I can make out about half a dozen build codes, none seem to be brake related.
So it appears people questioning the car actually being a V8 commando were mistaken. There were 1965 V8's with nine inch brakes, and I think this is one of them. Here's a picture of the set up with just the top springs and hold down pins removed. Notice no push rods, (correct), and perhaps having no star wheel adjust would also be correct. No parking brake cable either, which would have attached to the star wheel adjuster. 1965 service manual shows all these items though, and the shoes on the car have more braking material than the shoes I bought. I bought 9x2 shoes from O'reilly. Says a "433 shoe". Would these be correct for a nine inch drum or do I need to go another direction?
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...best-select-9-inch-bonded-brake-shoe/fdp0/433