Re: 1998 Ford F150 rear drum brakes

On 6/22/2025 11:03 AM, UFO wrote:

 Made a boo boo and left the e brake engaged for 50 miles and turns out the passenger rear drum locked up and I left a long skidmark in a parking lot trying to leave before it eventually freed up.
 Finally opened that side up yesterday, no hardware is broken, but the front shoe overheated, has a lot of cracks in the material and its quite thin, so I am figuring on new shoes and hardware kit...may as well do both sides.
 Seems a lot of people replace the wheel cylinders at the same time, but when I pressed the brake pedal all the way down, the cylinder works both ways so despite that heat, I guess its ok.
 The drum itself looks ok, no grooves but last time I did a system like this over 20 yrs ago, we turned the drums at the auto parts store to resurface them.
 These days, I think thats a lost art? Do they still do it at Autozone etc?
 Otherwise, if I dont get them resurfaced, will there be problems down the road with new shoes?
 

I wouldn't but people do argue about that:
https://www.gmt400.com/threads/should-you-always-turn-drums-when-doing-new-brakes.27125/
Yes it's a common service still.
Many of us are in the habit of purging brake fluid every year or two as it's hygroscopic generally and moreso for vehicles like yours which have sat a long while.
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