I need a picture of a stock drum brake if anyone has a chance to do so. I recently did my drums--it was my first time with drums. I took both wheels off and used one side as a reference; everything was installed exactly the same as that which was removed. I now think that when I first bought the Jeep and had the rear brakes done, they put the adjusters on upside down and on the wrong sides (as well as possibly leaving off a spring on each side). The shop had been quite reputable at the time. One of the owners has since left because (according to three of the mechanics) his brother (the other owner) was cutting corners to the point of possibly incurring legal problems.
All that aside, I compared what is there to my FSMs and parts manuals (exploded drum-brake charts) and there definitely looks to be something wrong/missing. All of my manuals show a spring going from the adjuster lever to the forward shoe, but they don't give a part number for it. That is what is wrong (in addition to the adjuster levers being upside down and on opposite sides).
Any help is appreciated.
All that aside, I compared what is there to my FSMs and parts manuals (exploded drum-brake charts) and there definitely looks to be something wrong/missing. All of my manuals show a spring going from the adjuster lever to the forward shoe, but they don't give a part number for it. That is what is wrong (in addition to the adjuster levers being upside down and on opposite sides).
Any help is appreciated.