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Well I pulled the drums off after rotating them a bunch of times and I could see where they were rubbing on the shoes. About 1 inch on the bottoms of the front shoes. I took them back off and I hit them lightly with a belt sander - removing about .010" of the effected area and then re-istalled...

I just put some new brake shoes on today. I have what I believe are later '40's backing plates as the pivot pins on the bottom are not adjustable. The shoes fit the drums very well...the arches fit right on. When I went to put the drums back on, they were REAL tight as they were dragging on the...

I'm looking for opinions on polyethylene tanks. Anybody use these and what is good or bad about them? Thanks.

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