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On the rear adjusters, if you haven't already, remove them and clean the gunk out of the threads. I had a horrible time trying to adjust a couple of them because they were gummed up pretty bad. Makes a lot of difference!

I might be a lil wierd, but when I was adjusting the shoes out, I would slowly rotate the drum till it had a firm drag, then I'd rap the drum with a big rubber mallet about where the adjuster screw was while turning the drum. It will loosen up a couple times and need to be adjusted again before it stays firm, then I backed it off a bit and moved to the next shoe.
Just allows the shoes to center themselves properly as I turned out the adusters, minimizes how much you need to adjust them after you've driven it and tested the brakes a time or two to center the shoes properly. Since the shoes aren't connected together on the rear you can effectively do one shoe at a time.
Just what I did anyway,...