Truck Guy -
I think what you got was some oversized shoes at the rear and that's why
they are so tight. See they make shoes with thicker linings to compensate
for the drums being turned and you might have some .060 shoe brake linings
and your drums might only be turned .030 or something similar. A lot of
people don't know they make shoes with thicker linings and get them by
mistake and run into these problems.
Be aware that the shoe linings are two different lengths, the shorter length
goes to the forward side of the truck and the longer lining shoe goes to the
rear. This causes the forward shoe to pivot the rear shoe into the drum
more due to the counter clockwise rotation of the drum when driving forward
and allows the back to apply most of the braking.
Joe
The Resto Rod Shop
-----Original Message-----
From: Truck Guy <chevy620@juno.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:52 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Brake Shoes Won't Go On
>Today I was rebuilding the brakes in my '59 Apache 3600. Everything
>seemed to be going fine, I rebuilt the master cylinder, the wheel
>cylinders, changed all the bad springs, and put the shoes in. I was able
>to put the drums back on the front with no problem, but when I got to the
>rear driver's side the drum wouldn't go on over the new shoes, I finally
>forced it on but then I couldn't turn the drum much at all. It wouldn't
>even turn when I started the truck up and put it in gear. I'm sure I put
>everything back together right, and the new shoes appear to be the right
>size but I can't seem to find a way to adjust it to fit properly, is
>there a way other than the adjuster at the bottom? One thing that does
>seem strange though is that pads on the rear shoes seem quite a bit
>thicker then the front. Could this be part of the problem? What could
>cause this to be so tight?
>
>Nate
>1959 Chevy Apache 3600
>1959 Chevy Apache 1/2 ton (parts)
>1960 Chevy Apache 3/4 ton (future project)
>
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