Everyone seems to be focusing on the shoes here. There are now quite a few
different manufactures of the slave cylinders. I have placed the cylinders
from different mfgs side by side and they don't even look close to similar.
The problem I encountered last year when I did my brakes was quite the
opposite. With new shoes, cylinders, and drums, I could barely get the drum
on even with the adjusters all the way loose. That's when I compared the
cylinders and they were larger than the ones removed.
David Riker
davriker@digitalpath.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Pazur" <bpazur@excel.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: Weird Rear Brake Problem
> OK gang -
>
> Thanks for all your replies, but here is what I've decided to do.
>
> First of all, welding the bottom edge of the shoe doesn't appeal to me. I
> measured the slop in the wedges last night. To make the wedges contact
> both
> the shoe edges and the tip of the adjuster screw, I need wedges that are
> 0.20" longer on one side, and 0.30" longer on the other. (I know this
> sounds
> crazy but its true). So I don't want to add that much to the tip of the
> shoe. I am taking the wedges to the tool and die shop that my company uses
> this PM, and have them weld those lengths to the screw contact side of the
> wedges. They can then grind the welds to reproduce the current angles.
>
> If they can't weld, I am just going to have them machine longer wedges.
> Stand by for updates!
>
> Also - this way I don't have to remove the shoes!
>
>
>
> Bud Pazur
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