Rear brake shoes smoking

[dickeymoore]

I just installed new brake shoes and Brake drum and wheel cylinder on my 84 Chevy C10 pickup truck 2 wheel drive brakes fell good and truck drives fine but the brake shoes are smoking there is no noises the brakes are adjusted all the way in but the drum was kinda hard to get on any help?Thanks

 

[CSFJ]

Are you sure you got the correct shoes and hardware for it? If the shoes are adjusted all the way in, there shouldn't be any contact with the drum on install. You should have stopped when the drum didn't go on easily. Any chance on removing it and posting some pictures?

 

[dickeymoore]

Yep correct drums and shoes this is the second set and it's still the same I will try to upload a picture

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[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Yeah, the drum should spin like there’s no shoes in there with the adjuster all the way out.

 

[dickeymoore]

Yeah I know but something is really tight I don't know if the adjuster is wrong size or what are the adjusters different sizes

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

And it’s just one side or both?

 

[dickeymoore]

One side

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Hmm, if you didn’t replace anything besides shoes, and it just started doing this, I don’t think it’s a hardware issue. If it were me, I’d compare the two sides to see if anything is overtly different. Pay close attention to the adjuster to make sure it isn’t just getting stuck before it’s all the way retracted. It shouldn’t need near that much, though, to be right. This is a long shot, but I’d also open the bleeder valve to see if there’s something fishy with the wheel cylinder. I’ve heard of them sticking but have never actually seen it. It’s hard to tell in the picture, but I feel like the rods should be tucked in a little more. Maybe that’s just me, though.

 

[dickeymoore]

Which Rods are you talking about that should be tucked in some more I was thinking stuck wheel cylinder also and I replaced it also

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

I was talking about the little rods that the pistons push on to extend the shoes. You replaced it? How long ago?

 

[dickeymoore]

I just replace the wheel cylinder a couple of days ago not the rods

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

No, you don’t replace those. I was just wondering because it was already covered in dust. Anyway, like I said, I’d take pictures of both sides and do an I spy type thing to see if anything’s different.

 

[dickeymoore]

Ok Thanks

 

[Snoots]

Short shoe is up front, right?

 

[dickeymoore]

Yeah