Make sure all of your parts are on correctly and that the small shoe (primary) is in front. Make sure your adjuster is really in all the way and that it is sitting on the right spot on the shoes. Make sure your return springs are on right and pulling the shoes into the wheel cylinders all the way.

Sometimes the back part of a shoe will hang up and keep the shoe from going into the wheel cylinder as far as it should. Grab the shoes in both hands and squeeze them together to seat them. You shouldn't have to have the drums turned. Compare the old shoes to the new ones to make sure they are the same. Something is keeping the shoes from contracting all the way.

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