Guggenheim99
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- Joined
- Sep 14, 2019
- Messages
- 30
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- Age
- 25
- Location
- New Jersey
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
02 Ranger 10" drum brakes. Old parts were seized, rotted out, and parking brake getting stuck on. Parking brake cables also were worn through where it passes through frame and ready to brake. Replaced everything. OEM parts. Get it all together and adjust out till slight contact is heard. Road test and can hear clunking from inside rear drum on driver side. And can notice truck has drag. Jack truck back up and driver side is very tough to turn. Passenger seems ok. Remove drum and found it is over-adjusted compared to passenger. Spin it back in and reinstall drum and tire. Adjust again and test drive with same result. Drive it for the week to see if maybe shoes needed to be broken in. Still have issues. I verified all components installed correctly. The auto-adjuster is functioning correctly (as in slack adjuster is pulling on adjuster and adjusting the star wheel) it just seems to be over-tightening that side. I started over again today and as the shoes got closer to the drum, as I was turning wheel by hand, I was watching through the adjuster hole in the backing plate and was able to watch the whole adjuster (presumably shoe assy too) move and wheel would get very difficult to move. Then would hear a light clunk and would be easy to turn again. Ran truck in drive on jack stands and carefully watched through the hole and the adjuster (presumably shoe assy too) shifting forward and backwards as the tire is turning in drive. Hard to explain. Only thing I can describe is the drum is warped and the shoes are matching the warp. I moved the drum to the passenger side and seems like the hard-to-turn wheel condition moved to that side but have yet been unable to duplicate the clunk from inside the drum. Maybe I have to drive it more. Does anyone know if a warped drum can cause an over-adjusted concern? Thinking maybe it matches the adjustment in a normal part of the drum but then when it reaches a warped part, it gets tight? Kind of lost. Have spent 3 full days screwing with this and have ended up with more questions then answers. Makes me appreciate disc brakes way more. Haven't smoked the shoes yet but want to fix it before I take on longer drives. Any advice is greatly appreciated.