Rear brake shoes 46 hudson

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
I am installing new brake shoes in a 46 hudson super six. The old brake shoes were installed with the smaller surface pad as the leading shoe(toward front). Is that right?? I would think you would want the larger surface area in the front for more stopping power.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hi,--- Larger shoe (primary) goes toward the front. Smaller shoe (secondary) goes to the rear. Larger shoe takes more of the inertia of the forward motion of the vehicle in bringing it to a stop. Whoever installed the first set of shoes did not do them correctly.
  • hudsonguy
    hudsonguy Senior Contributor
    I'm confused. I always thought the larger goes in the back. If you trace the forces applied to the shoes when stopping a forward motion car, the back shoe is the one that anchors against the large pin on top, and as a result absorbs more inertia than the front shoe. ???
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    That's what comes from not reading the manual. The Hudson service manuals show the longer Primary shoe to the front.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    The shoes are connected together, so the inertia thing doesn't come into the equation. I asked the same question some time ago about my Jet, which has Wagner Lockheed brakes with the shoes limiting against a stop at the bottom. I thought "Stuff the whole idea", and relined both shoes with the same length lining, figuring that the more ling the better as far as stopping power is concerned. You can argue either way - front shoe greater lining so the wear is equalised, or rear shoe greater so the braking effort is equalised. A plague on both their houses! The more lining the better in my opinion. Oh by the way, the Jet stops real good, and I have no problems with brake fade, and if one shoe wears more than the other so what???

    Geoff.
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