Adjusting Drum Brakes is the Worst.

"punkgoose17" (punkgoose17) 03/10/2019 at 19:28 • Filed to: None

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Saturns make me angry. Isuzus make me happy.

dogisbadob > punkgoose17 03/10/2019 at 19:32

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Is it possible to convert to discs? :o)

PS9 > punkgoose17 03/10/2019 at 19:42

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Kinja was too busy getting head to properly post the article. 

punkgoose17 > PS9 03/10/2019 at 19:43

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Lol

punkgoose17 > dogisbadob 03/10/2019 at 19:54

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I did not think of that. I can probably switch the rear brakes to Redline brakes next time I need to mess with them.

Fuckkinja > punkgoose17 03/10/2019 at 21:18

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I stopped just short of the rear drum brakes on this today. Settled the rest of the bikes issues and I wasn’t ready to tackle another old drum brake set up yet. The last bike I restored needed all of  the parts replaced. Fortunately the front drum brakes work fine. 

tromoly > punkgoose17 03/10/2019 at 23:05

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Are they not self-adjusting? Can’t just drive in reverse then hit the brakes?

punkgoose17 > tromoly 03/10/2019 at 23:16

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They were not self adjusting. The car was stuck and the emergency brake was not even on. I had to wait until it was above freezing and not a wind storm tornado war ning. I could not get the brake to release. I pulled the drum off with a 7 ton puller and reset it with the drum off.

tromoly > punkgoose17 03/10/2019 at 23:20

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Gotcha, locked drums are the worst.

Speed > punkgoose17 03/11/2019 at 11:58

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I hate drums so much that if I ever own another car with them, I’ll do a disc conversion when the shoes need replacement.