Just wondering here-when you adjust rear drum brakes, how tight do you adjust them? I adjusted mine on Sunday, I turned the star wheel so that the tire/wheel makes one full revolution when I spin it with one good hard push on the tire. When I turn the wheel by hand I can just barely hear the drums contacting the shoes. The rear brakes seem a bit tight now but the wheels are not hot to the touch after driving.
This is on my 2001 Dodge Dakota, 3.9 liter V6 and a 5-speed. 134,000 miles on it now. I did the adjustments because I had backed out of a parking space with the parking brake on but was still able to move the truck about 12 feet before I let off the parking brake. I haven't had to adjust it much before now, just a few times in the last 5 years. I still have the original shoes and they still have a good 3/16" of brake material left on them.
So how tight is too tight on the rear drum brakes? Thanks.
This is on my 2001 Dodge Dakota, 3.9 liter V6 and a 5-speed. 134,000 miles on it now. I did the adjustments because I had backed out of a parking space with the parking brake on but was still able to move the truck about 12 feet before I let off the parking brake. I haven't had to adjust it much before now, just a few times in the last 5 years. I still have the original shoes and they still have a good 3/16" of brake material left on them.
So how tight is too tight on the rear drum brakes? Thanks.