Brake shoes binding

Recently I've been running some 14" steels and I've replaced the read brake shoes a couple of months ago with no problems.

Last week I fitted my 16" Porsche design 90's and noticed a clicking sound coming from the brake drums. When I rotated the back wheels by hand I could hear and feel the passenger wheel. At hint on something. It turned out to be 1 of the adaptor bolts catching one of the levers on the brake shoe mechanism.

Also the hand brake lever felt like it got very tight going from 1 or 2 clicks to barley getting to the first click. When I did a quick check after driving to work, the wheel and drum were VERY hot.

So I took the PCD adaptor off and the brake drum, pulled the adjuster wedge back down and filed a little off the bolts so that they wouldn't catch. Refitted everything and the bolts don't catch, however the hand brake is still very tight????

Why would changing the wheels make the hand brake tighter?

not to sure on that one mate very strange

you can adjust the handbrake cable at the lever end just lift the cover near the floor

The auto adjusters aren't very good on a Mk1 Golf, maybe you've disrupted these  - in fact you say that you pulled the wedge down - which makes the shoes sit closer to the drum.

Sorry meant to say pushed it back up to slacken the shoes off

You've basically, messed up the auto-adjuster somehow and need to back off the brake shoes slightly (and evenly side-side too). Normally you can use a tool through one of the wheel bolt holes (once wheel is removed), maybe you can't do this with the adapters and will need to remove these too. Otherwise it will be trial and error by removing and replacing the drums many times etc.

Best pair of shoes collection! Will look amazing with Ultracor stuff we shopped few weeks back. Pastel and wild both are amazing. Came to know about them from a friend of mine. Prices are attractive and loved the glossy styles very much. Their sizing descriptions are also great with exact images of apparels.

Buying new wheels, and probably bolts and the bolts are too long.

On a new pair of shoes and drums the parking brake will start to get tight on the 3rd click.

Are you sure that you got the adjuster wedge in correctly, as you can put it in Backwards and it will be ok for a bit then when the teat on the back moves it will bind.

good ref picture.

paul_c said

The auto adjusters aren't very good on a Mk1 Golf, maybe you've disrupted these  - in fact you say that you pulled the wedge down - which makes the shoes sit closer to the drum.

These are better than most american cars I have ever dealt with. I think they are a very good design, and have never failed me.