brakes not good
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brakes not good
this is a question about the brakes on my 68 mustang really, but i need some help and i figured there about the same as my truck so here goes. ive changed master cylinder, wheel cylinders, lines, springs, shoes and my brakes are not very good. i have bleed and adjusted them several times andi have a good full pedal but there is just no stopping power. they're manual drum and i know they shouldnt stop that well but i figured they should stop at least as good as my truck. could the shoes be on backwards?
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Fleet Mechanic
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ill have to make sure the shoes are turned like you said, and im pretty sure i put the adjuster on right. i redid my truck too, and they are super good brakes for manual drum brakes.
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My 68 pickup had a rcent brake job when I bought it. It has a good pedal too but requires alot more pedal pressure than I remember having to use, but it has been a decade or two since I had nonpower brakes. I thought it was just me.
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could the shoes be on backwards?
That was the first thing I was going to ask....I think it does make a difference. Make sure the front and back brakes are both actually working. Could have a proportioning valve problem maybe...? But that should normally trip the brake caution light. MK
That was the first thing I was going to ask....I think it does make a difference. Make sure the front and back brakes are both actually working. Could have a proportioning valve problem maybe...? But that should normally trip the brake caution light. MK
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Hmmm so did you lay your new shoes in the drum to see how well
it matched the drum?? Brake shops arc= seat the whole shoe
lining to the drum. Plus turn each as in pair's front or rear drum
out the same size so it won't pull to one side, same in the rear. If not well did you at lease sand the glaze from the surface of the drum so your new liming will seat faster ?? If this is a no well thats why there doing what there doing.. All this info is in books. PS In the old days it was alway short shoe in front now there almost all the same size..Brake lining seats 300 to 500 miles
when it's been arced to the drums, longer if you just through on the lining. My 3 cents
orich
it matched the drum?? Brake shops arc= seat the whole shoe
lining to the drum. Plus turn each as in pair's front or rear drum
out the same size so it won't pull to one side, same in the rear. If not well did you at lease sand the glaze from the surface of the drum so your new liming will seat faster ?? If this is a no well thats why there doing what there doing.. All this info is in books. PS In the old days it was alway short shoe in front now there almost all the same size..Brake lining seats 300 to 500 miles
when it's been arced to the drums, longer if you just through on the lining. My 3 cents
orich
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well i didnt set them in the drum to see if they fit real good but i did sand the drums down before i put them on. maybe i didnt get it good. ive only drove it about 500 miles
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