Originally Posted by brokenhead
I had problems with brakes like this before, drove me nuts. I finally had to bevel the ends of the brake shoes.(the lining)

This is something I used to do on all my VWs. It also stops the new shoes 'grabbing' the drum.
I think it's just good practice to do.
Especially important on something as light in the front as a VW Bug!

1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix on Flickr.
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.