Drum brake question

96stacked&smoken · Aug 30, 2011

did you get your brakes done ok?

psdguy95 · Aug 31, 2011

Yes. Went very smooth. I had to adjust the adjusters all the way down to make the drums fit back on though.

Irishcream · Aug 31, 2011

Well at least you know you got lots of shoe and drum surface left.

96stacked&smoken · Aug 31, 2011

yeah thats a good thing. glad to hear it went smoothly

psdguy95 · Aug 31, 2011

Oh yeah. Next time I'll replace everything since idk how old the drum is.

Pstroke96 · Sep 4, 2011

did you replace the adjuster cable too? i didnt when i did mine one side wasnt doing anything because it wasnt adjusting at all so it roasted the other

psdguy95 · Sep 4, 2011

What's the adjuster cable?

Tom S · Sep 4, 2011

The little cable that goes from the anchor pin to the adjusting arm.

Pstroke96 · Sep 4, 2011

the cable that pulls the adjuster arm up turning the adjuster out. seen here

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...rake_3551598-P_367_R|GRPBRHWAMS_752463884____

psdguy95 · Sep 5, 2011

No I didn't replace that. I probably should have though. Looks like that's next on the list. Lol!

psdguy95 · Sep 5, 2011

Quick question. Our trucks have the 3in wide rear shoes correct?

Pstroke96 · Sep 5, 2011

yes, srw trucks have the 3 inch shoes drw trucks have the 3 and 1/4 shoes. i would get to the cable sooner rather than later i had to replace the shoes after about 10k with them not adjusting properly. i manually adjusted them a time or two

psdguy95 · Sep 5, 2011

Pstroke96 said:
yes, srw trucks have the 3 inch shoes drw trucks have the 3 and 1/4 shoes. i would get to the cable sooner rather than later i had to replace the shoes after about 10k with them not adjusting properly. i manually adjusted them a time or two

Yeah I will get them right away. My old ones were rusted pretty bad. I had to brake them loose and grease the crap out of them.

Off topic but dude your avitar pic is f***ing awesome!!

Pstroke96 · Sep 5, 2011

LOL i could watch it for hours the adjuster themselves were less than 10 bucks each if there shot replace them too. may as well do it all in one shot

psdguy95 · Sep 5, 2011

I get stuck watching it all the time. Lol!! Yeah I'll get all the stuff and take care of it this weekend. As of now I'm going to BBQ some grub for the family.

psdguy95 · Sep 9, 2011

Well i just picked up my adjuster kit. I got it from oreilly's. It was about 8 bucks a side. I will be fixing them tomorrow. Should i post up pics? Also when i adjust them i want a slight drag on the drums right?