I have a 95 f-250. It has the 5.8L 351. I had to take it off the road because the brakes and four wheel was shot. I am dealing with the four wheel but I need to fix the brakes. It has drum brakes in the back. The front brakes work fine. So did the back ones. One day I was driving to my brothers only like 2 miles and the brakes in the back stopped working. I could lock up the fronts but the back didn’t do any thing. I bled the brakes and I had fluid at the rear. What would cause this? I never really worked with drums so I am not familiar with them. I tried to get the wheel cylinders and the pads but they said they need to know what size they are. How would I find out the size of the brakes with out taking them apart?
Dan<O</O

 

How do you know the back brakes weren't working? You do know it has rear ABS, and they won't lock up right?

 

yeah I do know that but when i first got the truck running well i would just hold down the brakes and hold the gas. my fronts would hold really well and the rears wouldnt hinder the tire movement at all. I have since gotten enough tickets for burn outs and smartened up so now i want to fix the problem and get a good working truck.

 

If you don't "power brake" it, that should cut down on the tickets.The only way to know for sure what size brakes you have is to pull a drum.Most likely 3'' shoes,sometimes you can give the parts guy GAWR,you don't need wheel cylinders if they're not leaking.

 

thanks i have new pads that my brother bought but i dont know what size they are. My truck has 3" how could i mesure them?
Dan