drum brakes.. help please!!
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drum brakes.. help please!!
well we were supposed to have the neighbore come do the rear drum brakes of my dads old van.. i just replaced both axles, put in new bearings and seals.. but i dont know how to do drum brakes. Unfortunatly hes a lazy waste of life and we cant get him over here to do it so i need to do it myself.. Does anyone have a site or somthign to help me out? i got it all apart, but i know there is an order it goes together.. i saw how it was before but putting it back together seems to be a little more challenging then it looked and i want to be SURE its done right..
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I don't know of a site but you could try Google 
Drum brakes aren't that bad once you figure out how they work.
Drum brakes aren't that bad once you figure out how they work.
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No, even when you know how they work, they blow ass.
One thing that is INCREDIBLY helpful is to do one side at a time; LEAVE ONE SIDE UNTOUCHED FOR REFERENCE! That way it'll be easier to put everything back together.
Or swap for disc brakes. Disc is sooo much better in every way
One thing that is INCREDIBLY helpful is to do one side at a time; LEAVE ONE SIDE UNTOUCHED FOR REFERENCE! That way it'll be easier to put everything back together.
Or swap for disc brakes. Disc is sooo much better in every way
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Orion's got it!
If you need help adjusting them, let me know.
Did you turn down the drums to where the lip is gone from the
very edge of the drum?-Bob
If you need help adjusting them, let me know.
Did you turn down the drums to where the lip is gone from the
very edge of the drum?-Bob
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lol i havent ever even tryed drums, I havent had a car ghetto enough to need to try them.. were just fixing the rear end in the van to sell it, so im not going to swap it for disc. i guess ill try the little info i can find on google, the little on here nad hopefully make it work
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why do they even put drum brakes on a car, they seem more difficult in EVERY way..they suck for stopping, they suck for working on...there are 50 times more parts in them which seems to me like more parts that can break/go wrong... why do they use them!?!?!?
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They were invented first and they're cheaper to manufacture (supposedly), so some older/cheaper vehicles have them. They're on the way out nowadays, though.
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