Rear drum brake adjuster

[Knuck]

Put all new brakes on my 76, hardlines, soft lines, calipers, wheel cylinders, shoes, and pads. After bleeding the brakes, the rear adjusters aren't sitting like they were prior. They aren't up on the adjustment wheel.

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[Oldtimer]

Show a picture of the adjuster cable routing to top anchor pin.

 

[Knuck]

It looks correct when compared to the pic taken before disassembly

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[Slowleak]

That shoe is sitting really low, and your adjustment screw is turned way out. The shoe is not positioned properly on the backing plate. I would turn the screw back in, put the drum on, manually adjust the shoes until tight thru the hole in the backing plate, then back them off until you can remove the drum. Then position the adjuster like it should be and see if it works properly. If so, put the drum back on, readjust until the drum slightly drags…

 

[Knuck]

Shoes are sitting on the slide pads like they are supposed to. It almost seems like the adjust.ent cable is stretched. I re used the old hardware. Going to try all new hardware, and see how things look.

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[73azbronco]

correct side shoe for position?

 

[B RON CO]

Hi, post a picture showing the whole brake assembly. Not a closeup. Besides that, I would clean the dust off of everything and put a little grease on the star adjuster threads and the 6 spots where the shoes contact the backing plate. Good luck

 

[Knuck]

Here is a pic of the entire assembly.

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[73azbronco]

look here:

https://tomsoffroad.com/parts/74-77-ford-bronco-rear-drum-brake-backing-plates

i cant tell from photo, axle in the way, you sure shoes are on right side and not using two fronts or two rears on one side. Don't Ask me how I know.

Other than that, you sure shoes are correct for drum size?

Do you have old stuff, thats why i never chuck it until new is in place.

 

[gr8scott]

Here is a pic of the entire assembly.

you sure shoes are on right side and not using two fronts or two rears on one side

Assuming the shock is to the rear, he has it assembled correctly. The primary shoe with less braking surface is toward the front, as it should be.
The secondary shoe with more braking surface is toward the rear.

 

[Tiko433]

look here:

https://tomsoffroad.com/parts/74-77-ford-bronco-rear-drum-brake-backing-plates

i cant tell from photo, axle in the way, you sure shoes are on right side and not using two fronts or two rears on one side. Don't Ask me how I know.

Other than that, you sure shoes are correct for drum size?

Do you have old stuff, thats why i never chuck it until new is in place.

I’m leaning to this too
There is a front and back shoe

 

[B RON CO]

Hi, did you change the adjusting lever, or is it the original one that worked before? Good luck

 

[Knuck]

Assuming the shock is to the rear, he has it assembled correctly. The primary shoe with less braking surface is toward the front, as it should be.
The secondary shoe with more braking surface is toward the rear.

This is correct. Both sides are assembled with the short shoe in the front, and long shoe to the rear.

 

[Knuck]

Hi, did you change the adjusting lever, or is it the original one that worked before? Good luck

I did go with all new hardware. Both old and new adjusting levers sit the same way.

 

[Knuck]

Here is a pic of the entire assembly.

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This picture is the passenger side with the front of the Bronco to the right.

 

[Oldtimer]

Do you have old stuff, thats why i never chuck it until new is in place.

Compare length of old & new cables, along with size & shape of old & new levers.

Also assuming same issue on driver side.

 

[gr8scott]

I have no experience with 11" brakes, but is this gap between the bottom of the backing plate and the bottom of the shoes normal?
This is from the first pic the OP posted.

 

[Steve83]

...the rear adjusters aren't sitting like they were prior. They aren't up on the adjustment wheel.

Good. Before, the autoadjuster screws were stuck - they couldn't turn & adjust. That's why the pawl was sitting on the tooth, NOT doing its job, either.

Once the threads are free, any time the pawl comes up onto a tooth (which only happens when the shoes move so far that they NEED adjustment), it pushes the wheel & drops off again - exactly like it SHOULD.

But it doesn't look like you applied any grease to the mechanisms, which means they'll wear faster, & seize up again. Read this page:

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The NEXT several pages explain how drum brakes work.