I've been working on my D35 -> 8.25 swap whenever time permits, and have been doing little things to the 8.25 before I put it in. Fixed a broken shock stud, replaced mangled pinion seal, etc.
I'm putting new brakes on it as a last step before a once-over paint job. This thing sat outside for who knows how long so the whole axle is pretty rusty. Starting on one side, I replaced the shoes, hardware, and wheel cylinder. For whatever reason the AC Delco hardware kit I got didn't come with new adjusters which I found weird, but whatever. I'm reusing the old drums.
I got everything back together and left the adjuster all the way in and put the drum back on. It doesn't spin free, but it's also not a crazy amount of drag. The problem is as I'm turning it, there's a spot during the rotation where it just stops and I have to kind of force it after that, freeing it back up.
The e-brake cables were cut to take it out of the donor Jeep. Could they have anything to do with it? Could the old rusty drums be my issue? I've done a few brake jobs on my D35 with no issue, so I'm not sure what I could've gotten wrong here as far as the hardware replacement.
I'm putting new brakes on it as a last step before a once-over paint job. This thing sat outside for who knows how long so the whole axle is pretty rusty. Starting on one side, I replaced the shoes, hardware, and wheel cylinder. For whatever reason the AC Delco hardware kit I got didn't come with new adjusters which I found weird, but whatever. I'm reusing the old drums.
I got everything back together and left the adjuster all the way in and put the drum back on. It doesn't spin free, but it's also not a crazy amount of drag. The problem is as I'm turning it, there's a spot during the rotation where it just stops and I have to kind of force it after that, freeing it back up.
The e-brake cables were cut to take it out of the donor Jeep. Could they have anything to do with it? Could the old rusty drums be my issue? I've done a few brake jobs on my D35 with no issue, so I'm not sure what I could've gotten wrong here as far as the hardware replacement.