02GF74
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 01:52 PM |
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nearside drum binding
escort axle, new brake cylinders and shoes, correctly assembled, adjuster pushed in all the way.
the drum is binding - gets hot enough so you cannot keep your finger on the drum but no so much that it smells nor has the paint blistered.
(oops - seemed to have posted twice then deleted both!!)
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 02:02 PM |
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Either the cable is getting stuck (check that is not corroded) or you have not enough clearance between the shoes and the drum. If the shoes are
scuffing when the wheels being turned slacken it off. One other possibility is the shoes are getting jammed on the backplate and won't retract.
I had this on my buggy and the car ground to a halt with smoke pouring from the wheels, totally jammed solid.
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 02:11 PM |
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hmmm - double posting again!?!?!?! WTF???
yeah, the cable is my no.1 suspect as this being the hardest to get out now that I have a boot floor 
I tend to adjust my handbrakes so there is minimal amount of pulling - usually one or two clicks max.
just curious as to why it is binding on one side and not on the other?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 02:22 PM |
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Yikes far too few clicks for drums, do make sure all the tension is released from the cable. Normally one side of the cable will be more corroded than
the other due to the road salt being mostly at the side of the road in winter.
It’s a common mistake with drums that people try to get as little play as disks have but that is simply not feasible as they will just rub and
overheat. The bus company use to do that to try and get the busses better braking so they would screech like crazy in the morning till the drums
heated up an expanded, only then did they have enough clearance.
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