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OK...last time I replaced drum brake shoes was about 1995. I remember it well, a Super Bowl Sunday (I heard the Broncos lost) and took close to 12 hours. Cylinders and bleeding brake lines, the whole experience. Hey, I was 23 and a novice. No, I didn't get to see any of the game.
Last time the shoes on this rig was changed was 2007. I have the receipt. $750 for front and back. Must be why I changed them myself in 1995...I couldn't bear the $150 (at the time) and opted for the do-it-your-self $25 as a poor college student.
I've got time at home now. Haven't put a lot of miles on the Bronco since 2007--maybe 10,000--but feeling like the brakes are ready for replacement.
Any tips or ideas? Took me a long time the last time and thinking I got the springs all installed backward back in 1995, if that is possible, but the thing still stopped. Gotten much better with mechanics since then but welcome any input. Even OK with well-intended sarcasm and ribbing, lol.
Basically, tell me what not to do.
Last time the shoes on this rig was changed was 2007. I have the receipt. $750 for front and back. Must be why I changed them myself in 1995...I couldn't bear the $150 (at the time) and opted for the do-it-your-self $25 as a poor college student.
I've got time at home now. Haven't put a lot of miles on the Bronco since 2007--maybe 10,000--but feeling like the brakes are ready for replacement.
Any tips or ideas? Took me a long time the last time and thinking I got the springs all installed backward back in 1995, if that is possible, but the thing still stopped. Gotten much better with mechanics since then but welcome any input. Even OK with well-intended sarcasm and ribbing, lol.
Basically, tell me what not to do.