It's not enough to adjust the drum brakes exactly right but keeping them adjusted exactly right.
One of the other members here said he was under his Bronco adjusting the drum brakes every week.
I think that was me on another thread....lol Maybe not every weekend but once a month for sure...I was under there all the time.
Haha, me too Timmy. Probably seen posts from both of us. Although I very often
was literally under there at least once a week (sometimes more often if things weren't perfect) trying to keep them dialed in just right.
Paid off many times when mine was the only one of our group that would stop straight. But realistically how many of us can do that? Or even know to do that? With so many new EB owners having never driven an older car or truck and having no idea how they're supposed to work, or that they need constant "adult supervision" to keep from killing you, I bet there are many that wouldn't know a brake spoon from a screwdriver. Not that you can't use both of course, but you get the point.
Even I can't do that stuff all the time anymore. No time or inclination, but since I swapped to discs long ago, have never had to do it for the fronts at least.
With rear discs going on at some point, I'll never have to tweak the rears again either.
Can't wait!
The biggest reason I went with discs in the first place was brake fade. One full load and a steep hill too many, and I was ready for the next step. Luckily lived to upgrade!
So in case you couldn't tell Mac, I say discs first too. I won't claim you'll see massive power increases until you add boost, but you'll drive safer and have less maintenance in your future. And those are both good things.
Paul
