Brake help
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I installed new shoes because I was going to a trip and although the old shoes were OK the drums for an F-2 are impossible to find replacements for so I try to keep on top of the chances the shoes did into the drums. The brakes adjusted and worked fine before installing the new shoes.
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I know you feel confident it is not the lines but some additional food for thought. The process of bleeding your brakes could have pushed a worn hose internal over the edge. As you know there is very little fluid motion in an installed break system but you are moving a lot of fluid and on and off pressure through the bleeding process. If they are new line made in china then anything is possible.
If the only variables are your new pads and the brake bleeding process then that seems like the logical place(s) to focus.
Sometimes coincidences happen... Just for FWIW
If the only variables are your new pads and the brake bleeding process then that seems like the logical place(s) to focus.
Sometimes coincidences happen... Just for FWIW
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I know it would be a little work.
But if you still have the old shoes, simply reinstall them. If the brakes go back to locking up, then it is a liner difference. If it is a liner difference, then you may want to look for different shoes.
The liners may be to hard and will wear your drums. I am in the same boat with the front drums on my 55 f350. Drums are obsolete. They sell shoes, but when needed, I will probably have them relined to ensure they are soft enough to not wear the drums.
But if you still have the old shoes, simply reinstall them. If the brakes go back to locking up, then it is a liner difference. If it is a liner difference, then you may want to look for different shoes.
The liners may be to hard and will wear your drums. I am in the same boat with the front drums on my 55 f350. Drums are obsolete. They sell shoes, but when needed, I will probably have them relined to ensure they are soft enough to not wear the drums.
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As soon as I get a chance to get the truck up on the lift I will pull the drums off and check everything over including the line and hoses. Right now I have my shop full of projects for my business. Hopefully this weekend will be nice enough I can pull everything out and pull the truck in. Most of the stuff is on pallets and I have a forklift so it's not to hard, just can't let the stuff if it decides to rain. I have way too many projects going on right now. I'm pretty much retirement age, or at least looking at retirement and it seems I get busier 
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As soon as I get a chance to get the truck up on the lift I will pull the drums off and check everything over including the line and hoses. Right now I have my shop full of projects for my business. Hopefully this weekend will be nice enough I can pull everything out and pull the truck in. Most of the stuff is on pallets and I have a forklift so it's not to hard, just can't let the stuff if it decides to rain. I have way too many projects going on right now. I'm pretty much retirement age, or at least looking at retirement and it seems I get busier
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I installed new shoes because I was going to a trip and although the old shoes were OK the drums for an F-2 are impossible to find replacements for so I try to keep on top of the chances the shoes did into the drums. The brakes adjusted and worked fine before installing the new shoes.
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