<VV> Brake adjustment question + more questions

[Grant Young]

Thanks for the input. Further discussion with the owner indicates that the mechanic said he had "completely gone through the brakes" as opposed to rebuilding them. I pulled the suspect wheel to find half worn shoes (installed correctly) , very dirty parts, and what appear to be the original brake hoses. I noticed that there are new hoses on the rear brakes, however. A manual adjustment of the shoe clearance did not make any difference so I plan to change the hoses tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens.
Grant

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net>
>Sent: Nov 26, 2008 2:46 PM
>To: Sethracer at aol.com, gyoungwolf at earthlink.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: RE: <VV> Brake adjustment question + more questions
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>I am assuming this might just be an adjustment issue, but wanted to get some
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>input  
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>One of the favorite "Stupid pet tricks" of a flat-rater used to working with
>disk brakes is to reverse the leading/trailing shoes in a drum brake.  Doing
>that will cause the problems you are describing.
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>John
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