Noah,
You just learned a good lesson as to why to put on the parking brake fairly
tight - so that when you forget ... it's much more noticeable that somethings
wrong way before getting smoke signals!
You probably cooked things good. But there are only two screws holding on the
drum so once the rear tire is off it's usually a breaze to pull off the
drums - of course release the parking brake to remove them. I imagine the
shoes are cooked and maybe the drums warped. It cost about $9 each to have
the drums 'turned' (trued) at a machine shop and about $20 for brand new
shoes.
A good test to sense condition of rear brakes would be to test them
independantly of front brakes by driving around and using only the rear
brakes (by pulling on parking brake handle to varying degrees). Test it to
see if it pulsates as you come to a stop (warped drums) and any other odd
things. Remember though that typically rear brakes only provide about 25% of
overall stopping power so plan to avoid trees, guard rails, turns in the r
oad, way in advance.
If you are lucky you only wore down the shoes and can take up this wear by
adjusting 'in' the little square adjustment screws at rearside of brake
backing plates - look at your manual for instructions on 'brake
adjustments'.. Rear brakes should be adjusted at least yearly anyway..
Carl Sereda
'63 TR4 since '74 - CT22326L
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