Tom_S Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago I just got my RR drum back from being turned at the machine shop. I was excited thinking that I was on the home stretch. New brakes and cylinder installed, but the drum won’t slide over the brakes. I have the adjusters retracted (arrows pointing toward each other). What else can I do? The rear only has a major adjuster on the heel of the brake, no minor one that I can see. There is a spring loaded 3/4” nut that appears to hold the shoe retaining clip. Is that somehow a minor adjuster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan_B Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago Did you compress the wheel cylinder all the way in? Did you also install the new shoes? I, once, had to grind the metal shoe tip, a bit, to make it fit, because it was an after-market part and a bit too large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoozie Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Sometimes the new shoes (lining) are a little too thick and need to be "shaved". Others may call it "arced" to fit the drums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago did you change the cylinders.....the profiles of the pistons (cup depth) in the cylinders s are often not the same as stock either so this is where majority of the mismatch occurs...pistons and pins...they turn out to be too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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