need help on 2003 ranger rear drum brakes.

[blackscrew04]

Hey all.
Having a weird issue on just the Right rear of my 2 wheel drive ranger.
The ranger in question is a 2003 ford ranger, 2wd, 3.0 flex fuel with 10" brakes.

I purchased the correct wheel cylinders and ect for 10" brakes. double checked everything and everything is correct.
Basically I did the left rear and everything came apart and went together easily and fast.
Did the right rear drum brakes and thats another story, everything came apart easy and went together easy but when I have EVERYTHING together the top of the brake shoe connected to the ebrake lever moves away from the center shaft. (something is forcing it)
My ebrake cable seems fine... (dont really know how to test it)
everything is all in the correct slots and springs in the correct holes.
I ripped it apart and put it together 10 times, and even did the left rear side again just to see if I was doing something incorrectly. Left side goes together fine, everything lines right up and no issues.
Included is a pic of what happens when I get everything together on the right rear drum.
Let me know what to check, it seems like it has to be the ebrake cable causing this... but i am not sure, nor have i replaced a ebarke cable before.

Thanks for any help in this all.

 

[RonD]

When you open the bleeder you can't push that into place?

There is the "hand brake bar" just above axle that runs between shoes, has Red Spring, could it have moved and be in the way?

Pictures in this thread of both sides of rear brakes: http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107818

On drum brakes right and left are mirror images, so parts are reversed from one side to the other

 

[blackscrew04]

Thanks for your reply.
I was thinking that the piece in the middle with the spring was not lined up in the slots correctly but it defitanly is. I did try opening the bleeder but this was also a new wheel cylinder and bleeder open or not it compressed in very easily.
I even on my last attempt removed the little spring to see if it would push on but it wont, something is forcing it up. if i push the one side down the other will move up. lol.

I even took the left side apart and swapped the shoes around to see if it was there was a issue with parts but that side lines up perfectly as usual.

 

[RonD]

Short shoe to the front
Long shoe at the back
Short and long references brake pad material

E-brake cable on long shoe, and in correct hole on shoe

 

[pjtoledo]

that T shaped thing behind the springs is up-side-down.
the parking brake cable is probably seized, disconnect it from the arm and try again.
But I suppose you already fixed it during the last 3 weeks