I am in the process of replacing my rear brake shoes and drums on my 54 Chevy 3100, all original truck. I have done drums on other vehicles but have never run into this problem, I have the new shoes on an cannot get the drum over the shoes. I was able to get the drivers side drum on but it has a lot of drag and the star wheel is as loose as it can go. I have had no luck with the passenger side. I have done some searching on the internet and have not found anything on this specific problem
- I have adjusted the star wheel as small as it can go.
- Opened the bleeder and tried to press int he wheel cylinder with the shoes in place.
- Beat the shoes up, down, left and right.... probably not the smartest thing to try.... no luck anyways.
The only thing I can think of is that I got the wrong size drum from the parts store. The drums are 11 X 2 same size as the ones I pulled off, that doesn't mean the ones i took off were wrong.
Any and all help is appreciated.
