drum

Ok so I noticed a kind of grinding noise coming from my rear wheels and I took the drums off and all the springs and everything were rusted to heck and back, so I got new springs and cylinders and drums and all that good stuff.. I replaced everything and am pretty darn certain I put all the...

scroll to bottom for shorter verssion i recently picked up a 74 d60 from a 3/4 ton 8 lug f250. my problem was that 35 years have not been too kind to the brake assemblies and the backing plates were completely rotted out. so i trashed the backing plates and kept the drums and hubs since they...

I recently replaced my drum brake shoes on my 07 ranger with 55K mi on it. My neighbor said he had a dodge van with 160K and he had never touched his drum shoes. But my shoes were almost down to the rivets and i know they needed replacing. How long do shoes usually last? Is there some way to...

Anyone, I recently (within last week) bought my first Ranger. It's a 1999, 3.0L V6 4WD. Today, after running without any obvious noises, the truck as developed a fairly loud and constant squeak from the rear that stops only when the truck is no longer moving. Engine RPM has no...