Author Topic: Toyodaaddict's 1980 "The Blue Truck"  (Read 47369 times)

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Re: Toyodaaddict's 1980 "The Blue Truck"
« Reply #150 on: Apr 05, 2022, 05:20:59 PM »
Summer is almost here and the truck has been running good.

HOWEVER, my rear brakes have decided to start dragging and I need some help. I've only got around 5K miles since I changed the shoes and until recently they have been fine.

First time they did this I could feel the truck was down on power and when I got home the drums where hot and I could smell brakes. I crawled under there and used the star wheel to back the shoes off. The manual said I could use the Ebrake to adjust the shoes, so I pulled on the Ebrake  a bunch  :gap:

I took it for a couple short test drives and it seemed ok, until yesterday. 15 mile drive and again hot brakes. Now I've got the drums off and everything looks real good other than I think the shoes are glazed (can I bring them back with some sand paper?)

Any ideas what I might have going on? Only plan I have is to put it back together and see what happens.


this is the most likely culprit https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/rear-brakes-over-adjusting.327957/page-3#post-10581135 ebrake over adjusting

 
 
 
 
 

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