Drum Brake Help
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The problem with that method, using one side as a guide, after 20 or 30 years there's no telling who has been in there before and so consequently both sides may be assembled incorrectly so you'd just be repeating the same mistake. Drum brakes are very commonly buggered up. All of the manuals, parts diagrams and websites available online make this kind of work a whole lot less trouble than it was years ago.
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I took a lot of photos, have a look, I believe everything is correct in the photos.
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The problem with that method, using one side as a guide, after 20 or 30 years there's no telling who has been in there before and so consequently both sides may be assembled incorrectly so you'd just be repeating the same mistake. Drum brakes are very commonly buggered up. All of the manuals, parts diagrams and websites available online make this kind of work a whole lot less trouble than it was years ago.
They had both long shoes on 1 side and the short shoes on the other side.
1 of the adjusting cables was broken and they screwed it to a hole on the shoe. I think 1 side had springs in the wrong holes also.
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Yes that ebrake spring is too long and has been fixed but may need a little more fix to work right/
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