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Author:  Wombat [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do?
Fitting new rear drums over new linings and won't go even when adjuster is fully backed off. What's the best way to go?
Author:  9YaTaH [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
Do you have the shoes centred? You may need to gently take the sharp edges off the shoes or the ridge off the drums to coax them on.
Author:  Wombat [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
The drum gets about halfway on the jams tight
Author:  drmini in aust [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
Check the width of the shoes.
1-1/4" = rears. 1-1/2" = fronts. Fronts do not fit on the back, they behave as you described. :mrgreen:
Don't ask how I know... :oops:

[edit] use new shoes from Kc, they stop better than the rebonded cardboard ones brake shops sell here.
Author:  TK [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:07 pm ]
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See if the new drums are binding on the hub without the linings fitted. Minifins that I have bought have this problem.
Author:  Wombat [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
Shoes are 31mm so 1 1/4" - I have the old original shoes that came with the car I'll put them on and see if I can get them to work - thickness of pad and shoe is 6.5 -6.7mm on the old and 9.4mm on the new. The old drums fitted OK over the new shoes.- bit more meat in the new drum I guess.
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:25 am ]
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sounds like you have oversize shoes to me
Author:  Wombat [ Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
Could be Matt -recall now that Glen Carpenter sold me some second hand drums and I could not adjust the the shoes tight enough - he than sold me some new shoes "on exchange" for the old ones but I never got around to dropping them off. Looking at the old shoes the pads are 4.3mm thick and the big black book says minimum pad thickness is 1.7 mm so I'll put them back in and keep the thicker pads with the old drums for another time or sale.
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
It is/was common out here for brake shops to skim the worn drums out to +1/32" or +1/16" and supply oversizes bonded shoes, radius ground to suit.
These will NOT then fit in a standard 7" drum.
Go buy some new shoes, they are cheap from Kc and elsewhere.
Author:  Wombat [ Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Not the only one this has happened to so what did you do
Thanks Matt and Doc for the heads up - will order end of the week when the credit card has recovered from the pre Christmas onslaught
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