Rear brakes

The rear brakes went on today along with the axle getting greased and filled with gear lube. These were the shoes that I found on the car. The cylinders had to be completely rebuilt as the inner seals and springs were removed for some strange reason and replaced with a rubber square edge o-ring. Could not have worked as modified in a hundred years. Perhaps that is why the rear shoes show almost no wear. Note the screw head type brake adjustment adjacent to the cylinder. This is all manual adjustment. Old school tech.



Next shot shows the drum mounted over this brake assembly. Note the hole in the drum which lines up with the brake adjuster. So to adjust the brakes, one needs to jack up the car remove the wheels, then turn the drum until the hole lines up to the adjuster, adjust the adjuster, then put it all back toigether again. Only the very early xk120's have this antique system.


The last shot is of the left side brakes. Again note the printing on the shoe.