Goldie Driver
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Well, chasing a brake issue- specifically on wet roads with a relatively moderate pedal pressure the fronts will lock.
Not comforting for sure.
Did some research last night, and one suggestion was to check the rears to he sure they are pulling their load.
Plan was to clean the shoes and drums, rough them up with a wire wheel on the drill ( which may be plastic- its not what you are probably visualizing) and adjust them.
Did all that, plus one primary shoe - WTF ?
Gotta get back in the PS side and double check the bottom shoe return spring and probably clean and lube the adjuster again.
No slot in the backing plate , so gotta pull the drum to adjust things and I may have the PS looser than the DS.
Don't understand why these damn things are fighting me so hard - I have done drums plenty of times before, and that cracked shoe was from a shoe replacement as well as new drums at the same time.
Not comforting for sure.
Did some research last night, and one suggestion was to check the rears to he sure they are pulling their load.
Plan was to clean the shoes and drums, rough them up with a wire wheel on the drill ( which may be plastic- its not what you are probably visualizing) and adjust them.
Did all that, plus one primary shoe - WTF ?
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Gotta get back in the PS side and double check the bottom shoe return spring and probably clean and lube the adjuster again.
No slot in the backing plate , so gotta pull the drum to adjust things and I may have the PS looser than the DS.
Don't understand why these damn things are fighting me so hard - I have done drums plenty of times before, and that cracked shoe was from a shoe replacement as well as new drums at the same time.