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scotgiant
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May 5, 2012, 12:02 PM
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Ford E-150 Rear Drum Brakes
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Hi,
Looking for some direction!
Just replace rear drum brakes on my 2001 Ford E-150 Van. New shoes, drums, spring kit, self adjusted kit. Cylinders seem to be free to move and were not leaking so I didn't replace.
Now when I am driving at 35 mph or faster and I hit the brakes, I get a severe vibration/shudder coming from the rear end and shaking the whole vehicle. I double checked the assembly and everything appears to be correct. Any advice for where to look next?
Thanks,
Brad.
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Discretesignals
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May 5, 2012, 12:53 PM
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Did it do this before you replaced all those components?
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
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scotgiant
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May 5, 2012, 2:02 PM
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No. But one side locked up going down the driveway once a few days before I replaced everything. When I took the drum off that side the pads had come loose from the shoes, everything else was intact.
Thanks,
Brad.
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Discretesignals
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May 5, 2012, 2:29 PM
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It's possible that you could have a defective drum(s). Can you post a picture of your work to see if the components are in the correct places?
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nickwarner
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May 5, 2012, 2:52 PM
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Did your shoes have one that had a longer lining surface than the other?
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scotgiant
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May 5, 2012, 5:29 PM
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Discretesignals and nickwarner,
Thanks for the advice.
I had thought about a bad drum but didn't look at them too closely. I will check on this tomorrow or Monday.
I will also check for one pad being longer then the other. What effect would that have? I know that the correct shoe is where it suppose to be because one shoe of each set had a post installed for the self adjuster and would only work on one side.
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Brad.
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nickwarner
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May 6, 2012, 9:50 AM
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I asked about pad surface length because some systems have a leading shoe and a trailing shoe but can get put on either way. One has more friction lining than the other and if installed in reverse order will cause issues like yours. Since your shoes could not be flip-flopped around and still go in you have ruled out that possibility. So we're back to the only likely thing wrong which is the idea DS is going with and I am too.
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Tom Greenleaf
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May 6, 2012, 1:39 PM
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Quick read sorry. Make sure parking brake cables are NOT screwing up the show. Must be free as a bird or No Go and absolute problems with relatively simple brakes,
T
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