I just installed new brake shoes on my Trans Am. Easy stuff, really. But now I have 1 thing bugging me. It's the adjustment of the shoes. Yesterday i drove around with them adjusted all the way in. Today i re-adjusted them like a mechanic told me to :"Shoes should slide on the drums, and the drums should JUST be able to fit over the shoes"
So this means the wheels are supposed to be harder to spin?? I can spin them, but with added difficulty. Thanks for any responses.


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--Steve S--
1984 Trans Am 305 LG4, 5 speed Daily Driver, Flowmaster 80 Series
Holley 600 cfm & vacuum advance
Soon: Edlebrock Intake & TES

 

There should be some drag...The wheel should go a couple of revs and then stop by itself.

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ASE Mechanic/Machinist/Smog Tech

1999 NBM Trans Am
1986 Chevy 3/4 ton pick up
1981 corvette
1995 Kawi ZX6R
and 2 POS commuters...

R.I.P. #3
"He can see air"

[This message has been edited by Engineboy (edited June 24, 2001).]

 

What he said, just a touch of drag.


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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro

 

Hey Engineboy,

Do the self adjusters get them that close? Or would a periodic manual adjustment be better? My car has always felt like the rear drums aren't grabbing as well as they sould after I changed shoes and had the drums turned. I know that like 80-90% of the work is done by the front brakes, but mine will lock up the fronts before the rear brakes do. Is that normal with the 3rd gen Camaros? Maybe I'm to used to my S-10 locking up the rears because of the little bit of weight over the back axle.

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92 RS w/t-tops 305 TBI Auto.
170K miles and don't burn a drop o'oil
-K&N Truck filter #1500 w, open ele.
air cleaner
-Dynomax 2 1/2" cat-back
-B&M TransPak
-Jet Stage2 Chip
-180* T-Stat w/ 185* Fan Switch
-JVC CD--Alpine speakers & 4ch. amp
Rockford 2ch. to 2 MTX 12" subs

 

AJ : In a perfect world, the adjusters would do all the adjusting...not so.

Every once in a while its good to adjust them manually.

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ASE Mechanic/Machinist/Smog Tech

1999 NBM Trans Am
1986 Chevy 3/4 ton pick up
1981 corvette
1995 Kawi ZX6R
and 2 POS commuters...

R.I.P. #3
"He can see air"

 

Thanx.