Hi- 76, F-250, C6, 460.

Well, brakes were acting funny, pedal felt hard last time I drove it. Got some seized lifters replaced, put on my new intake, carb & wouldn't start. figured out I'd burned out my module by leaving key on all night with battery charger on- got that sorted & "while I'm in there" replaced my vacuum unit on dist, contact- started right up

Took her for a test drive & less than a mile from the house, slowed down & wouldn't move. Engine ran, but felt like parking brake was fully engaged (which, considering it never worked worth a S**t, wasn't likely. Finally looked at right rear tire, figued out it had been dragging. Wheel bearing, hmmm? Got the drum off, WRONG.

Check this out- https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ctureid=147310

yep, return and other spring had broken and stuff had been dragging in between shoes and drum. Finally siezed up - chewed up the drum nicely too- nothing a good turning at the local machine shop didn't solve (AutoBone has never seen a drum the size of an F250, can't do it - chain brake shops don't have real mechanics, tell you they cant' turn them for "liablity reasons" then offer to sell you a new chinese one for 150 bucks, right).

Anyway, got myself a brake hardware kit & decided to run through both sides - replaced cylinders while at it (with some cheapees with dumbArase metric bleeder threads????WTF).

so now, got it all hooked up, and when I pull the Parking Brake lever to test it, the right side shoe lifts up, and then does not return- any advice? Will this solve itself when I back it up a few times to adjust them?

See pics - you can see how the brake has shoe has lifted up from the anchor pin & doesn't return on the 2nd photo
1. original position
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ctureid=147311
2. after engaging PB
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ctureid=147312

the springs in the kit all seem fine- the retracting spring - the big green one- looks exactly same guage as was in there. Wrong shoes? Wear in time? More grease? I can just smack on it and it goes back down, but not sure how long down the road I need to go to hit an equivalent bump to get the shoe to return when I'm on the road