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I looked at the car again. There is a rubber plug back there, but it doesn't line-up with the ratchet wheel. I pulled off the drums and manually turned the adjusters several turns. The drums were a tight fit going back on.
From the looks of it, the curvature of the drum might be just slightly shallower than the curvature of the shoe. Only the topmost 1-2" of shoe had ever contacted the drum.
After doing this, the pedal is much more solid and it begins to firm-up much higher in its travel. I think I'll stay on top of this until the entire shoe wears a little and makes full contact. The car only has 300 miles on it, so it's understandable that the shoe is not bedded-in yet. An interesting side-effect is that the parking brake lever now begins acting at the very first click and can only be pulled 4-5 clicks instead of 10.
Rear drum brakes on a front wheel drive car don't contribute much to the overall braking due to the strong front bias designed into the system. However, drum brakes require a much greater volume of fluid than discs and if those shoes are sitting more than one metric c__thair from the drum, the overall feel of the system will be spongy.
Last edited by richard612; 02-09-2008 at 06:29 AM.
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