hey all, I have a 93 F150 4x4 with self adjusting rear brake's on the back, also all new(everything) and the driverside rear is self adjusting too tight and locking the wheel anyone know what may cause this, other side is fine. If i cant find the problem any one think its alright the just cut the clip that makes them adjust themselves and go back to adjusting them manually.

 

Take a look at your parking brake cable. I had a similar issue where one side would adjust tight. Somewhere in the trucks past there was undercoating applied and some baked on the cable. It caused the cable to stick just enough to not release fully.

 

Verify you installed a Primary brake shoe and Secondary brake shoe on each axle.

The Primary brake shoe has a shorter brake lining than the Secondary shoe and
when installed, is closer to the front of the vehicle.

 

x2.. I'll bet this is the problem.

 

yeppers !....
i just about made that mistake today myself.....thats why i have left the right side alone to use as a template for replacing the left side parts

 

Thanks all for the help I am going to look after this rain lifts, I left one side as a template as well but whats funny is that I didnt do that side my dad did and he is getting a little old so he may have made the mistake and I missed it, but I didnt even think about it either thanks again guys.

 

Hey all. so I jacked it up and pulled both sides and all appears to be in order so I may try to go back to ford and order the adjusters if I can get them to make sure I have the right ones, I orginally got the hardware kit from napa. replace both sides with the new ones, even though its only the driverside locking and if that doesnt work I am going to take that adjustment arm off there, any other ideas? thanks guys.