Thread: Rear nbrakes?

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First let me thank everybody on the forum. The advice I've gotten on this board has certainly helped a lot while trying to get my roadster smoothed out over the last few months.

I have another brake question. My rear end has a Ford 8 inch with drums, a month or so ago we put in a new master, hard lines and wheel cylinders due to rust and crap in the system. The shoes and springs etc. look almost new. I'm having problems with the self adjusters over adjusting. They get to a point where they drag. Especially the right rear. I've backed off the adjusters a couple times. But they always re-adjust too tight within a couple weeks.

Any thoughts?

Stop backing up so often. hahahahaha

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There are a couple different styles of adjusters, but generally if you are having problems with the self adjusters it is usually due to one of the following:

Stretched cables.

Bent adjustment arms (where they hook in the shoe us usually the culprit).

Incorrect springs.....you can find several different springs that look virtually identical but are painted a different color, the color coding designates different spring tensions and they need to be matched to a particular application.

Springs improperly installed.

I would suggest you determine exactly what the rear end is out of if possible and then bite the bullet and by new spring and hardware kits for both sides, they are relatively cheap and a good investment anyway.


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Could you have the shoe's reversed?

Yep-------backing plates AND shoes reversed side to side on the whole rear----then it adjusts when going forward instead of reverse--------

I can never remember: long or short shoe goes to front?

I've seen the adjusters installed backwards from side to side on pick ups and this would do this too.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

I can never remember: long or short shoe goes to front?

Short to the front.

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Great suggestions, Thanks

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Stop backing up so often. hahahahaha

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I always suspected you had an impish side..