[shane1992]

Hey, replacing the break shoes whilst I am replacing the wheel nearings too..

Anyways The new shoes look identical to the old ones that came out... Fit in good, everything seemed to line up fine.. When it came to putting the drum back on, it wont fit over the break shoes? Ive tried compressing them as much as possible.. Still wont fit...
Here are the photos..
Anything wrong here?

[89_tintop]

Are the shoes centred??

Looks like rhe right one is sitting lower then the left on.. And also is your handbrake adjuster backed off?

[ajsr]

center the shoes

[shane1992]

I have wiggled them around as much as possible.. nothing seems to work
Really annoying, Ive had so much bad luck with little simple shit like this

[Scrawny]

Do you have the right shoes? There's two different size shoes, you may have the big ones. That's ok, I have the smaller ones here

[shane1992]

Thye are the same as the ones that came out, except that the new ones have more meat on them... I will try centre them again tomorrow

[christover1]

undo bleed nipple and compress shoes,
dont look like they are in far enuff to me

[christover1]

I once forgot to take hand brake off, that stuffed me fer a while

[shane1992]

christover1 wrote:

undo bleed nipple and compress shoes,
dont look like they are in far enuff to me

I had both the metal break line sunscrewed from the wheel cylinder when doing it,

[shane1992]

christover1 wrote:

I once forgot to take hand brake off, that stuffed me fer a while

I checked that about 5 times lol

[Scrawny]

shane1992 wrote:

Thye are the same as the ones that came out, except that the new ones have more meat on them... I will try centre them again tomorrow

Don't be fooled by looks. Put the old shoe against it and compare. They are identical in every way bar outer diameter

[christover1]

brake drums sometimes get a lip on them,
making it very hard to get them over new brakes.

What are your drums like?

[christover1]

Getting pissed off with rear drum brakes over the years,
made it very good value for me to convert to rear discs.

[dogbox]

have you adjusted your brake adjuster back to the start

[shane1992]

dogbox wrote:

have you adjusted your brake adjuster back to the start

Is that what I ahve taken photos of? Photo 2&3 ... Its the only thing that is adjustable

[Scrawny]

shane1992 wrote:

dogbox wrote:

have you adjusted your brake adjuster back to the start

Is that what I ahve taken photos of? Photo 2&3 ... Its the only thing that is adjustable

Yes, it's right back in the first two pics but fully extended in the 3rd

[royce]

the rear shoe looks like its being opened by the handbrake lever, pull the handbrake cables off, center the shoes and shove, especially if there is a lip on the drums

[jimbo_jones]

did you want me to drop in tomorrow and have a look?

[shane1992]

Scrawn wrote:

shane1992 wrote:

dogbox wrote:

have you adjusted your brake adjuster back to the start

Is that what I ahve taken photos of? Photo 2&3 ... Its the only thing that is adjustable

Yes, it's right back in the first two pics but fully extended in the 3rd

Yeah that photo is out of order, it is currently like the 2nd photo shows..

Royce, I have tried with it unhooked and hooked,

Jimbo, I will have ago tomorrow morning again.. Ill message you if im still stuck..

So can I be rough with the drum and shove it over? Im worried its gunna damage the surface of the shoes...

[SierraDan]

Last picture. The bit with the splines on it. Adjust that all the way in to get the drum on.
It will adjust back after a drive around the block.

[Brett]

in those pics your right shoe is sitting to low. just tap it up

[shane1992]

SierraDan wrote:

Last picture. The bit with the splines on it. Adjust that all the way in to get the drum on.
It will adjust back after a drive around the block.

Yeah you can see I have in the 2nd photo... sorry photos are mixed up..

I will try that tomorrow Brett

[buzbox]

I had the same issues before, try adjusting the well, brake adjuster, make sure it's on it's first teeth, then push the slave cyliner in on both sides at the same time.

It's just fiddly. I've gotta head out to bunnings in the morning so I'll swing past to see how your getting on with it.

[shane1992]

buzbox wrote:

I had the same issues before, try adjusting the well, brake adjuster, make sure it's on it's first teeth, then push the slave cyliner in on both sides at the same time.

It's just fiddly. I've gotta head out to bunnings in the morning so I'll swing past to see how your getting on with it.

Okay sweet as! Hopefully all together at that time!
Wait till you hear the dramas I had haha

[gregwatkins75]

The RIGHT hand side brake shoe needs to be pushed up a bit. and probable the shoes have a lip on them that will need machining to slip over properly

[shane1992]

gregwatkins75 wrote:

The RIGHT hand side brake shoe needs to be pushed up a bit. and probable the shoes have a lip on them that will need machining to slip over properly

the shoes? do you mean the drum need machining?

[christover1]

Brake places used to make shoes with oversized linings,
and turn down the lining to match the drum,
after drum was machined.
I doubt very much that this still happens
in todays mass production methods?

But I think he means machine drums?

[gregwatkins75]

Oops yes I meant drums ,,,,,,,,,, sounds like exactly the same situation I was in a few weeks ago.......

[steak_knife]

Your missing a wheel bearing retaining bolt to....

[shane1992]

steak_knife wrote:

Your missing a wheel bearing retaining bolt to....

Haha I am aware of that and it was put back in


UPDATE!

Got the drums in, yous were right about them being off centred.. Mut of been to much of in a rush...