[T3] Rear brake shoes

[Jonathan Stiles]

Mark,

Three things come to mind.

Did you squeeze the piston to fully compressed? A small bit of hydraulic
extension in the drum's piston cylinder will make the shoes juuuust a bit
too wide.

Do your drums have the common "wear shelf" on the outer lip? If so, it can
collect rust and keep the drum from sliding on. A quick sandpaper or
dremel treatment often works. If that doesn't do it, have the drums turned
just enough to clean the lip.

If you lay the shoes inside of the drum's contour, do they fit inside the
radius? If they do (and everything else is correct), then they are most
likely the correct shoes. To make them fit, you can take down a little mass
off of the adjuster side of the shoe with a file or grinder. I have only
had to do this one time, but it worked.

Hope this helps.

Jon Stiles

On Sunday, March 9, 2014, Mark Fuhriman <mfuhriman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should have added that the adjusters are indeed all the way in, and I
> have played with the vertical alignment of the shoes.  I am left thinking
> that the shoes just don't fit.  hmmmm
>
> Mark
>
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> From: "Mike Fisher" <fisherfarms at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Rear brake shoes
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> I doubt the shoes are wrong.  They have to be adjusted all the way in and
> be Perfectly Aligned to get the drums on.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Mark Fuhriman <mfuhriman at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
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> > Years ago I bought a set of brake shoes for the rear brakes of my '69
> > Fastback.  I don't remember where I got them, but I finally decided to
> > install them today.  Once they were on the car I was disappointed to find
> > that my drums would not fit.  Seems the lining on these new shoes is a
> > little too thick.  I seem to recall discussion along these lines in the
> > past.
> >
> > Does anybody have a suggestion for a vendor that is likely to have parts
> > that will fit?  Thanks-
> >
> > Mark
> > '69 Fastback
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