on the friction surfaces will cause poor braking on that side. Also cleanliness can NOT be overstated, any grease, etc. If one does pull its often deteriorated rubber brake lines that have "hour-glassed" internally, sometimes its a "stuck" wheel cylinder. With good drums, quality shoes and a proper installation and adjustment NEITHER side should pull and neither side should have 75% of the shoe material NOT contacting the drums. There are leading and trailing shoes and adjusters are NOT interchangeable side to side, most will have an L or R imprinted on them someplace. The steering keeps on wanting to swing-away while im driving down the road, so I gotta replace some bushings to tighten her up. Next make ABSOLUTELY sure the shoes and springs are installed correctly. I need to remove the steering column in my 64, and I was wondering if anyone on here has some tips to make the process a bit easier. I've used their premium shoes and drums on dozens of classics with zero issues. If the drums are in spec and not out-of-round then quality shoes are available at all NAPA stores. First off (as stated above) have your drums checked to make sure the material is still within spec.
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Sounds like your mechanic isn't all that familiar with drum brakes. In fact, drum brakes saved my life in 2016. I've driven manual drum brake classic cars for 50 years with zero issues and no "pre-arcing" in the last 20.
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For this model it develops power and torque figures of 300 bhp (304 PS/224 kW) at 4600.
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Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 6.4 litres. The driver does after a couple hundred miles of driving and braking the shoes will naturally wear into a compatible arc. Ford Thunderbird Sport Roadster is a car that has a 2 door roadster type body with a front mounted engine that delivers power to the rear wheels. Nobody arcs brake shoes anymore, well - not totally true.