Rear Drum Brakes Partial Locking
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Rear Drum Brakes Partial Locking
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Situation: Putting the drivers side drum brake bake together after replacing the axle shaft.
After several different positions of the star screw the rotation ends up stiffening on 1/3 of the rotation (say between 8 and 12 on a clock) but when I pass through it it eases up.
What could be causing this?
Thanks.
Situation: Putting the drivers side drum brake bake together after replacing the axle shaft.
After several different positions of the star screw the rotation ends up stiffening on 1/3 of the rotation (say between 8 and 12 on a clock) but when I pass through it it eases up.
What could be causing this?
Thanks.
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Are you installing new shoes also? I'm almost tempted to say the drum may be out of round. But I am going to assume they are the same brake parts as came off. Make sure the adjuster threads are clean and such, check the contact points and springs to make sure the shoes are binding up somewhere and dragging on the the drum. That's all I can think of right now...
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I am putting the same drum/shoe/hardware that was in it before. Parking cable has been loosened. The drum will spin, however, when I go and fully tighten the lug bolts for the wheel the whole thing locks up.
It is almost like the axle is a few mm too short and the drum locks against the backing plate once the lugs are on.
Is there a safe way to add separation between the axle shaft plate and the backing plate, or does this not make any sense?
It is almost like the axle is a few mm too short and the drum locks against the backing plate once the lugs are on.
Is there a safe way to add separation between the axle shaft plate and the backing plate, or does this not make any sense?
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No, there's not. Any seperation there has to carry 1/4 of the weight of the car as angular pressure that moves with each rotation of the tire- - and this will also prevent your drum from engaging the shoes properly.
If you're putting on the same parts and the problem didn't exist before, something's not right.
Make sure the rim of the backing plate hasn't gotten tweaked.
Make sure the shoes are properly seated on the backing plate, and are in the right positions.
Check the drum for out-of round with a caliper; even a slight out of round condition will cause a cyclic drag.
If you're putting on the same parts and the problem didn't exist before, something's not right.
Make sure the rim of the backing plate hasn't gotten tweaked.
Make sure the shoes are properly seated on the backing plate, and are in the right positions.
Check the drum for out-of round with a caliper; even a slight out of round condition will cause a cyclic drag.
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Thanks Kansas, I took out the shoes and had just the drum on and it worked. Which led me to more carefully examined the parts that I had. Turns out, the wheel cylinder that was on the "new" axle was bad. Replaced it with the one that I had before and everything runs smoothly.