brakes pulling to one side???

[plate]

4 wheel drum, 72EB, Master cylinder only no booster.

My right drum was blown had it replaced

after one day it started to pull to the right hard.

Took it back had brakes adjusted, brakes were fine for one day

Now its pulling to the left.

Is this common behavior for drum brakes.

What can I do to get it to brake evenly, I dont want to take it back in to the shop.

 

[Hogback]

i have the same problem, adjust really well and that will last a little while, the only way to fix it is to install disc, and well worth the money, so i hear. i would say to adjust them again, if that doesnt fix them do the same to the old side that you did to the new side, ie. replace cylinder etc.

drum brakes keep you on your toes

 

[Cavalry]

shoe contaminated with oil or fluid?

adjuster backwards? and self ajsuster keeps backing it off.

adjsuting brakes is no biggie. easy enough to do yourself

 

[Hogback]

can the self adjusters be backwards? i never thought about that

 

[tburke]

I replaced wheel cylinders and shoes with no luck. The brake hose was bad on one side. It would swell when I hit my brakes and that side would have a delayed reaction. So it would pull to that side at first. When I stayed on the brakes it would finally straighten out. I had a couple of mechanics look at it until it was fixed. It may be worth looking at.

 

[Cavalry]

can the self adjusters be backwards? i never thought about that

there is a left and right in the threads. it is also possible to put in in physically backwards (but you would probably know that),

 

[mtkawboy]

On the inside of the adjuster male end theres a L or R stamped. The wheel and the adjuster lever sometimes get worn and they wont adjust too. NAPA has replacements. Its also possable that the new drum isnt completly true and may need a light surface truing and the shoes surfaced correctly to match on both sides

 

[gddyap]

Back when I had rear drums, the drivers rear axle seal went bad and leaked gear oil. The shoes on that side got contaminated with gear oil and became very "grabby". It pulled to the drivers side so bad that it would make me change lanes. New shoes fixed the problem. Although the brakes were so good on that side that I probably should have just contaminated the passenger side to even it out. ;D

Gil
GDDYAP

 

[Moaiz]

I had an intersting thing happen on my '70. Same issue, pulling hard right on braking...I chased the gremlin, replaced everything. Still pulled, I gave up. A year or so later on I took the shocks off I found they were different lengths, the shorter one was on the side it pulled toward but the boot covering it concealed the difference... Gotta love PO's