Sparky said:
Oh those stupid things aren't simple! I hate those things with their little springs and doodads and stupid crap. I fought with the drums on my first car and couldn't get the stupid thing apart without a spring flying across the yard
All my cars since then have had 4 wheel disc. Me Happy
I have drums down to a science, but the last 2 sets I did, well lets say they didnt go as planned.
Story time.
First was my uncles Sunfire, the shoes where actually in fair shape and the interior looked pretty good. So I start taking (10am) the things apart, all goes fine. Reassemble, side 2 smooth. Put it all back together and I thought the drums went on a little tight. One of my family members who I respect as a knowledgeable mechanic (still do, but not so much anymore) said they will be a little tight when first put on. Thinking nothing of it test drive time. Car drives nice, no sticking, no rubbing sounds. Get back and the rear wheels are hot as f*ck, smoking etc. So we let them cool (2 pm, we had some lunch and i was taking my sweet time). I take them back off after they cooled down, did some playing around, self adjuster bottomed out, all springs are correct (I took pictures
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). After playing with it for what felt like a few hours I take them back to the store. What do you know wrong f-ing shoes
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. Ok they exchange, and we try again. Perfect (7 pm), they work great spin freely, bleed went well
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. Put the wheels back on and get ready to leave, my uncle says the pedal goes to the floor. Passenger side, has a rather large puddle of brake fluid
![Hissy-Fit :hissyfit: :hissyfit:](/forums/smilies/hissyfit.gif)
(again). Take the wheel off the damn wheel cylinder exploded, it was new. Back to autozone, just in time. They closed at 9 we got there at 9:05. So needless to say by 10 pm we finished, good as new.
Last one was a Hyundai accent, rear wheels seized. Thats all I am saying this one takes just as long to tell, and took my about 18 hours to get finished.