Cascade Crew

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Anyways. My e brake pulls all the way back and still tools if on a hill. I was reading on tho and they said if you have drums, there are no real adjustments and it means shoes bad. True??? Or false????

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject:

Well... are the shoes bad? Razz

There is still a cable adjustment under the car, regardless of brake style.

chevymad · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject:

Usually you dont need to adjust the cable however. Probably 90% of the time the shoe's are out of adjustment. Once you adjust the rear brakes the ebrake comes back where it belongs.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject:

Nah B, you need to take that drum 10-bolt garbage to the scrapyard and put a serious axle under there. Wink

chevymad · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject:

Drums have more brake (for 1 stop LOL) and they dont constantly drag on you like discs! Wink

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject:

Oh I know all about the one stop. Mercury was four-wheel drums! Laughing

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

Still scary at 80.000lbs with 10 drums lol.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

I had looked at the shoes awhile back. They looked good then. But I will pop of wheels this weekend and check them our again. It wouldnt be as bad if my car didn't pop out of park also.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject:

Adjust the shifter cable correctly. Easy fix.

Make sure the shoes are adjusted correctly. Doesn't matter how they look if they're not hitting the drum right.

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:36 am Post subject:

BluFbdy · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:17 am Post subject:

I wouldn't be confident in my e brake until fully replacing the drums shoes and cables, my e brake extends all the way as well but my cable has lost a few strands

RSFreak · Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:19 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:58 pm Post subject:

In theory. Wink

I have seen the adjustment mechanism get stuck and the shoes will continue to wear till they started kicking out and locking up the brakes.

chevymad · Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:22 pm Post subject:

Shoes are self adjusting as long as you use the e-brake alot and/or backup and apply the brakes strongly. If you do neither enough they will get stuck.

Al Hasse · Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:06 pm Post subject:

BluFbdy · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:01 am Post subject:

I was just in.the habit of ignoring the drums to the point of them being beyond turning, its really not the same being able to look at disks and say oh my pads are worn I should replace them, drums you have to remove them.to inspect them and I'm guilty of being lazy and ignoring them until they're beyond repair, but I so use my ebrake every day and back up every day lol

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Ya. I use mine everyday but they getting worse. Rolla down smallest of hills.