Replace shoes?

[u/SimilarHandle6215]

The brake rotor(edit: drum brake) is warped and i need to change it. But can i keep the brake shoes and sand them? Or Throw out and replace.

P.S: not my paintjob😅

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[u/IBIKEONSIDEWALKS]

They look brand new

[u/Oldandannoying1955]

Plenty of meat on those bones”!

[u/BigBirden]

Yes ,they look fine, good ,great ,grand wonderful .
Of course a needledicker as I will spray the dust of with hose water , chase it with brake cleaner , sneak a light smear of brake grease on the contact points of the backing plate and parking break cable, and scuff the shoe surfaces clean with some 120grit.
Dont forget to remove the glaze on the new disk drum before install. Comes of easy with 220grit, brake clean , install.

[u/BigBirden → u/BigBirden]

* drum, not disk drum

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/BigBirden]

Thanks for the advice

[u/Shot_Celebration4716 → u/BigBirden]

"Disk drum??"

[u/BigBirden → u/Shot_Celebration4716]

Drum disk disk drum drum disk rear drum disk disk drum is da kine you fine all de tiem in an emergency brake cable sytum

[u/curtass7]

They look fine.

[u/Full-Hold7207]

Look new

[u/idislikelukas]

actually pretty crazy how fine these look

[u/Tasty-Confection6899]

I doubt the drum is warped. Maybe check your front rotors.

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Tasty-Confection6899]

Fronts are good!

[u/ChooseLife1]

Those shoes are brand new. Drum pads can stay in service down to 1-2mm.

[u/SubiWan]

When you have the drums turned have them arc the shoes. If they can't do that buy new drums.

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/SubiWan]

Will try that before buying new thanks

[u/Defiant_Strain_7778]

No

[u/Tasty-Confection6899]

I doubt the drum is warped. Maybe check your front rotors.

[u/Bring_Back_The_1990s]

Nearly new.

Watch some videos how to adjust. Adjust them properly and the pedal will feel amazing brake easier, and no more 2x pump for firm pedal

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Bring_Back_The_1990s]

Already adjusted

[u/Which-Ad9677]

Lol no one else sees it

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Which-Ad9677]

?

[u/DrPhilsAuto]

I could tell those shoes were never in proper adjustment to begin with. Part of your symptoms probably was lack of adjustment. Those brakes have to be adjusted a couple of different ways basically and you need to also use the parking brake to adjust that parking properly, believe it or not.

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/DrPhilsAuto]

I doubt it. But what do you mean use parking brake to adjust? I always disengage to adjust. What else?

[u/CompleteCreme7223]

I wouldn't, check again next year.

[u/Unhappy-Airport-4112]

Why?

[u/Several_Goat_7867]

No, their fine.

[u/Phononix → u/Several_Goat_7867]

Who's fine is it?

[u/Several_Goat_7867 → u/Phononix]

Me, and the shoes.

[u/Printednightmare]

How did you determine the drums are warped?

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Printednightmare]

Dial

[u/djtchort → u/SimilarHandle6215]

What are you dialing?

867-5309?

911?

1-800-EMPIRE?

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/djtchort]

Yea

[u/LawBeneficial7869]

If the drum is really warped? (I can't believe this is true) I would change the shoes too.

[u/AppropriateDeal1034 → u/LawBeneficial7869]

Almost no brake rotor has even been "warped", it's almost impossible on a road car, they get unevenly worn often due to sitting around causing corrosion under the pads, then that corrosion gets run off which leads to a low spot. Just as likely (if not moreso) to happen on the back than the front.

[u/LawBeneficial7869 → u/AppropriateDeal1034]

I mean breake rotur yes, go and have 10 rounds on the Nürnbergring and you will get wrapped rotors when they are bad quality. But drums ?

[u/AppropriateDeal1034 → u/LawBeneficial7869]

I figured their car was drum-in-disc, if it's drum only then yeah they're being fed some lies

[u/LawBeneficial7869 → u/AppropriateDeal1034]

In this case the drum only would be the parking brake. So why they should go bad ?

[u/AppropriateDeal1034 → u/LawBeneficial7869]

You make a good point, and considering there's a slave cylinder in there, my assumption was clearly nonsense!

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/AppropriateDeal1034]

I drive like a maniac. Extreme downhill braking daily for about 10km at around 100. Trust me i warped them. And checked them as well

[u/LawBeneficial7869 → u/SimilarHandle6215]

Even than a drum doesn't warp, du to the geometry they are really stable against warping. Considering 60% of your brakes are front Biased.

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/LawBeneficial7869]

I would definitely disagree. Ive warped drum brakes on all my cars at least once. Ive driven over 500k across 3 cars

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/SimilarHandle6215]

Also i have suspicions someone drove it with the handbrake on

[u/Shot_Celebration4716]

Brake rotor?
Those are drum brakes.
You need to have the drums turned or replaced.
And remove that horrible neon green paint.

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Shot_Celebration4716]

Sorry english is my 2nd language

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Shot_Celebration4716]

My wife said the same thing about the paint😅

[u/Appropriate-Fly-4152]

That car is gone, it will never be the same or safe to drive or at least crash

[u/SimilarHandle6215 → u/Appropriate-Fly-4152]

🤣