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Well my rear brakes went out on my way to school yesterday. Was an exciting drive to class thats for sure. 
Anyway, took it home and checked out to see whats a matta. The drums have been shaking like hell since I bought it last spring and not having any income or time to even check, I have been getting by just until I could come up with some extra dough. Tax return finally shows up and I put in the bank.
So I decided now is as good of a time as ever. took them apart, found that both Drums were oversized and can not be machined anymore. The Drivers forward wheel cylinders piston popped out enough to leak ( due to the oversized out of round drums) and the shoes were on correctly by primary and secondary, but were NOT on by inboard and outboard sides of the shoes. PLEASE AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR SHOES ARE INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
So I ended up with new drums, wheel cylinders, shoes and hardware. While doing the work, I found a busted leaf on the passenger side rear, so my next step is to find one. I may go to the yard and scavenge one out of another leaf pack until I have more dough to buy a new set of springs.
Just felt like talking about my pickup tonight.
Anyway, took it home and checked out to see whats a matta. The drums have been shaking like hell since I bought it last spring and not having any income or time to even check, I have been getting by just until I could come up with some extra dough. Tax return finally shows up and I put in the bank.
So I decided now is as good of a time as ever. took them apart, found that both Drums were oversized and can not be machined anymore. The Drivers forward wheel cylinders piston popped out enough to leak ( due to the oversized out of round drums) and the shoes were on correctly by primary and secondary, but were NOT on by inboard and outboard sides of the shoes. PLEASE AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR SHOES ARE INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
So I ended up with new drums, wheel cylinders, shoes and hardware. While doing the work, I found a busted leaf on the passenger side rear, so my next step is to find one. I may go to the yard and scavenge one out of another leaf pack until I have more dough to buy a new set of springs.
Just felt like talking about my pickup tonight.
Good luck with your springs.
