Thread: more brake problems

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cool thanks.. gonna measure it up... think I'm going to replace the hold down springs too. seems if there weak they could let the shoe pull outward, I didn't replace them so there a likely cause for streaching.. it's the only car I'v worked on that uses that type of hold down. there Ford Bendix drum brakes, 9"x2" same as my Falcon but it uses the more conventional type of hold down.



the more and more I think about it, the drums arc has to be off, the drums I removed were original ( 1 was bad so I replaced both because the new 1's are a little diffrent ). most likely they were machined at least once, so when I put the new drum on, it had a smaller diamater and a more promonant arc per inch.. so the shoes could have been catchy on the drums, and slammed them into energized position quick enough to really streach the hold downs and cause a problem