t_mac

so i was taking apart my drum brakes... and then I decided not to go through with replacing shoes and drum. (still some life in them) anyways after a lot of struggling and some leaked brake fluid I got it back together properly. Anyways when I was doing it, I had a helper push the brakes on to pop out the rubbers on the wheel cylinder i was putting back together. Anyways I got it back together and thought well since I leaked out some oil. I should add more. I filled it up to the max line and applied the brakes slowly, then pumped them a few times. I find out that the wheel cylinder I had not been working on's rubbers have popped off so I put them back on pushed on the brake to make sure they stayed. I did manage to get the rubbers to stay on. the side I had taken apart- the drum went back on no problems. The other side which had not been dissaembled- the drum won't go back on. So I rolled the star wheel back al the way- the drum still doesn't go back on!! Now I don't know what to do... do I bleed the brakes? I can't see why this would help.. please experts. I need your help!!!! I'm losing confidence!!

*sigh*

t_mac

ttt

z6hatchboy

moving the brake adjuster is all you can do for the back, make sure the e-brake isnt on either

t_mac

thats the thing I turned the adjuster all the way back. ie. its shorter then it was previously. Do I have to make it longer??? or do you think bleeding the brake lines would help?

ek4_b16a

i wanna say, nice title. is the side with the untouched cylinder broken or what? will it push back in manually, by hand?

Unseen Racer

no. bleeding the brakes wont do jack ****.

go to autozone and get one of those "drum brake calibrator" tells you exactly where the pads should be adjusted to for maximum braking