Thread: Restoring Rusty
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Old 04-04-2015, 12:17 PM   #1368
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Re: Restoring Rusty

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Originally Posted by SkinnyG View Post
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.
Dang it, I think I see it now, one side has the longer friction area shoes the other side has the shorter friction area shoes

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