Thanks for the warm welcome Steve, I actually thought I was registered already, since I've been reading stuff on here so long, but turns out I wasn't!
We took the other wheel off and same setup on the shoes. This back plate had a rubber boot over the big slot at the top. Makes me think a cable/rod could have gone through it.
Already chatted to a local forklift guy and he said there were only about 3 of these forklifts in town. Remember it is a '70s era forklift. He said it will either be a splined shaft coming out with a lever arm attached, a cable or a rod from the one wheel to the other with a lever arm attached to it. Problem is the diff is in the way, and there is not enough support in the back plate for a rod, a round hole with a bush/sleeve would make sense, but we have an un-machined slot.
The diff is very small so it would have needed to be an external drum, except that there is not enough space between the yoke and the housing. The other side of the universal is also not very spacious. Also, the universal needs to be assembled in place, which can not be done if a drum is obscuring it. Also no mounting holes in proximity for the other needed brake hardware.
It would seem if we can get a contraption that can expand the shoes, like the cylinder would have done, but working with a cable it should work. Problem is the only clues is the small (about 1/4") stud/boss on the one shoe and the square pin on the other. Left/Right wheel shoes are the same so this contraption must work in either direction, if that makes sense...
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