Thread: Restoring Rusty
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Old 04-04-2015, 11:47 AM   #1365
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Re: Restoring Rusty

WAIT!

Your shoes are not in the correct place.

The small one(s) face front, the large one(s) face rear.

This is because they are self-energizing brakes, and the smaller front shoe is merely to help apply the larger rear shoe using the rotation of the drum.
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