Re: Brake shoe break-in procedure?

"jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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.

Yes, there was definitely a ridge. And the brakes have been rebuilt
several times since I have owned the car, so I find it likely that the
drums
have been turned once or twice before.