Originally Posted by Guitar Jones
Originally Posted by topside
Back in the day, we used to "arc" the shoes so they made full contact with the drums.
New shoes mostly just made contact at their leading & trailing edges unless that was done.
That said, you'd probably notice poor braking performance in general without full contact.
Other than that, the parking brake is pretty much just cable & hardware.

Yeah, but that was usually done after turning the drum. I thought of that, but with new shoes and new drums they should match, it looked ok when I set the shoes in the drum.
Honestly the brakes aren't all that and a bag of chips anyway, but they are not horrible. I may drive it awhile then get the rear wheels off the ground and see how well the service brakes hold it.


the bolded part of your statement may be worth considering. Also if you have rear contact issues it is unlikely you would notice it as most of the braking is down by the fronts.
Most 'parking brakes hold better going forward than back. Another thing I have found is that applying the brakes hard before setting the park brake will better align the shoes resulting in more holding/contact wink

one could aso inspect the shoes to verify the lining contact area beer

Last edited by TJP; 09/23/22 01:18 PM.
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