Drum Brake Issues

[kmakar]

Had the front drums turned, but really odd wear pattern has me thinking someone installed the wrong shoes, and as evidence some pics of the shoes and the uneven wear.

I stood there the entire time and had them only true the drums and took off very little on the inside, but the outside (towards the outside of the drum) it was way off.

Passenger side.



Drivers side.



Right side brake shoes.

 

[Alan F]

Do they have both the secondary shoes on the same wheel?

 

[kmakar]

Do they have both the secondary shoes on the same wheel?

Nope.

 

[kmakar]

The secondary shoe shows uneven wear, but the primary shoe has even wear.

 

[kmakar]

New brake shoes for the front came in....hmmm, it looks like they used the wrong shoes when they did the front brakes last.

I pulled the rear drum, and confirmed it. They installed rear shoes on the front.

That solves the mystery of the uneven wear and gouges in the front drums.

 

[Chevelle_Nut]

New brake shoes for the front came in....hmmm, it looks like they used the wrong shoes when they did the front brakes last.

I pulled the rear drum, and confirmed it. They installed rear shoes on the front.

That solves the mystery of the uneven wear and gouges in the front drums.