Does it matter which way the backing plates are orientated? I took the brakes off my 56 beetle and when looking at diagrams in parts lists and in my veedub book they are orientated differently to how mine were on the car. The brakes on the car are a mix of different year cylinders and shoes so wouldn't surprise me if the previous owner put them on in a different orientation.
On the rear, my wheel cylinders are at the bottom. where as all manuals picture them at the top. And also my hand brake cable comes in differently to that pictured in manuals.
My front wheel cylinders are at the top and in all manuals are pictured as being rotated 90deg clockwise to this position.
Should I be rotating to where the manual pictures them?
lownslo Commited Dubber
64 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
