Re: Brake shoe break-in procedure?

Mark G. wrote:
> "jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> as for the drums, why were they turned?  my civic has 176k miles, and
the 
>> drums are /well/ within limits.
> 
> Beats me. This is the first time I have done the rear brakes myself.
> I took the drums to a local shop this afternoon. They measured them
> and pronounced them out-of-limit. Unfortunately I don't have a suitable
> caliper to verify this myself.

ok, here's what i suggest - remove the drums yourself and check to see 
if there's a ridge.  the brake linings are not /quite/ as wide as the 
drum width, so if there's wear, there will be a ridge between the 
original drum diameter and the worn drum diameter.  if there's no ridge, 
or if it's tiny, like a finger nail thickness, they're b.s.ing you and 
you need to re-measure somewhere else.  that said though, if the drums 
are badly grooved, just replace them.