The Pawnbroker
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Hello all,
I recently noticed that my drivers side rear brake seemed to be dragging. I used an infrared thermometer after driving it and that wheel was hotter than the other side. So yesterday I got it up on jack stands and removed both tires. I was able to pull the passenger side drum off by hand without any real trouble. The brakes shoes look good as does everything else. The shoes are worn enough that I'm going to replace them while I have it all apart. Then I tried to remove the drivers side drum. It won't pull off. When I rotate it, it's dragging on one section and more free otherwise. So it must be out of round. Here's my problem. I've worked on drum brakes for a very long time and have done many, many brake jobs on them. But on this truck how in the world do you back off the adjuster to loosen the brake shoes? There's no slot in the backing plate's. And there's no slot in the drums either. So as far as I can tell, there's no way to back off the adjuster.
Thanks very much for any advice.
Dave.
I recently noticed that my drivers side rear brake seemed to be dragging. I used an infrared thermometer after driving it and that wheel was hotter than the other side. So yesterday I got it up on jack stands and removed both tires. I was able to pull the passenger side drum off by hand without any real trouble. The brakes shoes look good as does everything else. The shoes are worn enough that I'm going to replace them while I have it all apart. Then I tried to remove the drivers side drum. It won't pull off. When I rotate it, it's dragging on one section and more free otherwise. So it must be out of round. Here's my problem. I've worked on drum brakes for a very long time and have done many, many brake jobs on them. But on this truck how in the world do you back off the adjuster to loosen the brake shoes? There's no slot in the backing plate's. And there's no slot in the drums either. So as far as I can tell, there's no way to back off the adjuster.
Thanks very much for any advice.
Dave.