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Sorry about the confusing post. I ment to say shoes and not pads.

I fully blead the brakes. It all has new fluid and I am sure no air is in
the lines. I blead them twice after a short drive to be really sure.

I removed the rear drums and shoes and lubed up the self-adjuster. I then
reinstalled the drums and shoes and pulled on the parking brake cable
until the self-adjusters did what they do. My parking brake cable is a
mess and needs to be replaced, so it does not hold the truck after 3-5
clicks. You have to pull it really hard for anything to happen. But I
think that is just dirt in the cable. The rear drums self-adjusted like
they should.

With the truck on the jacks, pressing the brake (or pulling the parking
brake cable) will stop the drum from spinning by hand.

Everything looks to be working fine, I just don't feel any stopping power
from the rears. I hull around 1000 pounds of tools and shell on the
back of this thing. I would like the rear brakes do to more.

I was just thinking, my truck has a anti-skidding thing on it. I don't
know if it still works or not. Could that be causing my problem? Or maybe
it's working correctly and stopping the rears from locking up on dirt.
Maybe I will try to disable it and see what that does.

Thanks
-Eddie




On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:08:20 -0800, Wolfgang wrote:
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> Confusing post -- If you have drums on the rear then you have shoes NOT
> pads there. Did you bleed the brakes - starting with the rear brakes
> and get all the crud and air out? Have you adjusted the shoes to where
> the drums just stop and then back them off a bit? Have you then
> adjusted the parking brake so it holds after about 3-5 clicks? If so
> then pulling the emergency (parking brake) should stop you (but may not
> lock the rears). With parking brake off and rear wheel in air on jack
> stand - have some one presss on breake - can you turn the drum?
>
> "Eddie" <no@spamatall.com> wrote in message
> news:120nrr6cq08mq0b@corp.supernews.com...[color=green]
>> My rear brakes just are not working like they should. They help a
>> little, but I can't get them to lock up even on dirt. I replaced all
>> the rubber lines and rebuilt the master cylinder. The rear pads are
>> adjusted correctly and I have the proportional valve adjusted to max.
>> Even with the parking brake pulled out and on dirt, I can't get the
>> rear to really do anything. The fronts are doing most of the stopping.
>>
>> I think part of the problem is the Hawk pads I have on the front
>> braking better then the stock pads in the rear.
>>
>> Does anyone know of some super soft pads or drum upgrade I can do to
>> the rear to get them into the act more?
>>
>> I know the fronts do 90% of the breaking and the brakes are designed
>> not lock up the rears, but I should be seeing more then this.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.[/color][/color]