Which way does this go

mystreybug65 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:17 pm Post subject: Which way does this go

So I’m trying to get my rear brakes in order. I can not find anything on which wAy this piece goes. On one end the cut out is longer and wider. So which side goes on the shoe with the e-brake lever? Red or green.

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Btw it is a 73 that I am making into a tin top camper

SGKent · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

1973 is a mixed year. Some had 1972 brakes and some 1973 brakes. I'd put it back like it was when you took it apart. If you are assembling it from pieces then you may have a mixed set of parts. Also there should be witness marks on the old shoe and the lever that will give you an idea of depth. That said - the sides are mirror copies of one another. Some parts only fit one side, and that bar had many changes over the years.

Maybe someone else will be along who knows how it goes on your bus, also you can look in the gallery under "rear brakes" and there are lots of photos there. Some look close like it.
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busdaddy · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

The wider slot goes on the shoe with the lever on it, that's why it's bigger.
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mystreybug65 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

Yeah my luck. This bus was some else’s project, so I don’t have a lot of how it was info. Not complaining but there in some ways is too much info here. Takes a lot of browsing to find a good “Chinese blueprint” of how it’s supposed to be. Hopefully someone will come across this post and set me straight. I would have never got it as far as it is without this website. Love this place.

SGKent · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

mystreybug65 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

Thanks for the info. And response from bus daddy, that is what I suspected, but wanted some input from the folks that know.

kreemoweet · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: Which way does this go

That's a left-side bar, and the hump goes upwards. That way it fits
nice in your return spring retainer clip.
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