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
). 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
. Ok they exchange, and we try again. Perfect (7 pm), they work great spin freely, bleed went well
. 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
(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.