Wookie316
Well-Known Member
Question, how hot is too hot? I have an 8 ¾ with a 3:91 in it. Strange axles and Wilwood 11” disk brakes on the rear with drum style E brake. I found to get the E brake to hold the car on an incline I had to snug the shoes up more than I would on your standard rear drum setup. I can tell the shoe roundness on each side isn’t perfect because each wheel has a light drag for ¾ of the rotation, but fairly stiff for the other ¼ turn. After a 10 mile drive, a quick check with my heat gun shows 120-130 on the rear axles and around 85 on the front spindle. Is this too hot? Am I going to have to back off my shoes? If I do that I know the E brake will not hold. I have messed with each cable as well trying to get enough tension in each cable independently. If anyone has a trick or advice to how hot is too hot and a possible work around on the drum e brake setup to get it to hold better without having to have the shoes set too tight potentially burning something up! Thx in advance for the help.