iwannadie
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, Az
97 xj, 4.0 auto 8.25 rearend
I replaced the drums and shoes using all new hardware about a year ago and had them off recently to check the self adjusters and noticed really odd wearing on the shoes and drum. The self adjusters were messed up, the cable guide had slipped off but I got that fixed and it seems to be holding now but not sure if that caused the issue.
The shoes had a rather high protrusion(running parallel) in a narrow section towards the center running the full length of the shoe, a cross section view would look like, _-_ . While the drum had the indentation for that same spot, my first thought was something had gotten stuck between the shoe and drum but then that didn't seem to make sense. The drum is much harder material why would one spot of the shoe not wear and create a high spot? Could it be a shoe defect? It is not terrible deep of an indention on the shoe but deeper than what I think can be turned down easily. I figure if a rock or something did get in between then the shoe would have the indentation not the other way around.
I hope my descriptions make sense, I asked a few people and they drew a blank so I don't know if this is common or what...
I replaced the drums and shoes using all new hardware about a year ago and had them off recently to check the self adjusters and noticed really odd wearing on the shoes and drum. The self adjusters were messed up, the cable guide had slipped off but I got that fixed and it seems to be holding now but not sure if that caused the issue.
The shoes had a rather high protrusion(running parallel) in a narrow section towards the center running the full length of the shoe, a cross section view would look like, _-_ . While the drum had the indentation for that same spot, my first thought was something had gotten stuck between the shoe and drum but then that didn't seem to make sense. The drum is much harder material why would one spot of the shoe not wear and create a high spot? Could it be a shoe defect? It is not terrible deep of an indention on the shoe but deeper than what I think can be turned down easily. I figure if a rock or something did get in between then the shoe would have the indentation not the other way around.
I hope my descriptions make sense, I asked a few people and they drew a blank so I don't know if this is common or what...