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Originally Posted by Mad Mac
After re-lining the service brakes on the LHS rear wheel of my roadster pickup I went for a drive to check the adjustment. I gradually rotated the wedge adjusting screw in until the shoe just started to contact the drum.
I was surprised to find that the drum became very hot before there was any braking action. That seems illogical because, if the new lining is contacting the drum sufficiently to generate heat, surely any pressure on the brake pedal must instantly expand the shoe fully onto the drum? What am I missing here?
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After major work like that, some of the adjustment is the adjusting screw. Some of it is in the brake rod clevis.
If you shorten a brake rod at the clevis to get it to brake more in time with the other wheels, you will probably have to back out that adjusting screw a bit, too. They work together.