Rear brake shoes smoking

[dickeymoore]

I'm going to try some new Springs the old Springs might be too weak to pull the shoes in

 

[Rusty Nail]

^
ALWAYS a good idea.

I never seen no "new" brake job THAT DIRTY! @ewww .














LOL

 

[HotRodPC]

Do the shoes look oily or dirty when you pull the drum off? Got a leaking axle seal??? Usually smoking brakes are leaking wheel cylinder or axle seal.

 

[Rusty Nail]

A "combi kit" is stupid cheap. Bro...your 40 year old springs have sprung..that's ghetto.

 

[dickeymoore]

That's the picture before I changed the brakes no oil on them

 

[dickeymoore]

Had the same problem with the old brakes also

 

[HotRodPC]

Look at the brake shoes where they're supposed to be pulled tight to the pin at the top center. That rear brake shoe is NOT tight against the round pin where it's supposed to be. This means the brakes shoes are spread open. How does that E brake spreader fit? It should be somwhat loose and held in place with the spring tension.

 

[HotRodPC]

The more I look at that pic, it's looking like the E brake lever is being pulled. Are you sure you don't have a kink in an E Brake cable on that side keeping it from being able to slide inside the E brake cable housing?

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[dickeymoore]

The brake shoe is not against the pin the E brake spreader fits okay so could it be the springs arr week to pull it to the PIN

 

[dickeymoore]

I am also going to check the emergency brake cable to see if it's damaged

 

[HotRodPC]

The brake shoe is not against the pin the E brake spreader fits okay so could it be the springs arr week to pull it to the PIN

Yes, it could weak hardware too. The hardware kit shouldn't be that expensive and that one spring is certainly damaged where you see the gap between the coils.

 

[dickeymoore]

Kewl THANKS

 

[dickeymoore]

I put the new Springs on and found out that the adjuster was too long so I put the adjuster on that came in the package and the brake drum slides on and off like it's supposed to do and I can adjust the adjuster out thanks for the help everyone

 

[Snoots]

I put the new Springs on and found out that the adjuster was too long so I put the adjuster on that came in the package and the brake drum slides on and off like it's supposed to do and I can adjust the adjuster out thanks for the help everyone

Thanks for letting us know. Good job!

 

[dickeymoore]

No problemo