I compensate for back brakes by adjusting off more than fronts. ie book says 2 clicks off from contact do that on fronts but three or even four if necessary on rear.

Blackburn said:

I compensate for back brakes by adjusting off more than fronts. ie book says 2 clicks off from contact do that on fronts but three or even four if necessary on rear.

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How does that have an effect on the brake balance, surely its the pressure in the system that generates the braking effort and that will always equalise, all you end up with is a longer pedal.

All I can say is it does make a difference , no several people who use this method.
My brakes are pretty good done quite a few emergency stops over the years where back end has locked up does not do it since I altered adjusters.
Maybe it just delays the self servo effect on the rears till after fronts.

Allright guys! Thanks for all the replies
I disassembled the brakes to find that I've somehow managed to put the 1" wheel cylinders up front and the 1 1/4" at the rear - stupid mistake... On top of that, the brake shoes and the drums weren't mated properly so the contact point were miniscule. So I swapped the wheel cylinders round and had the drums reskimmed and the brake shoes relined and then resurfaced to match each other. Still waiting for the pre-1980 master cylinder though ;-)