Guys since installing new shoes and drums I have a bad vibration while braking. At first I thought it could be the drums out of round. I installed my original drums and the vibration is still there. To confirm it was the rear brakes I used the emergency brake and the vibration was still there. I also noticed while on the parkway that I have a small vibration at 70MPH. It seems as the brakes get hotter the vibration gets worse. I asked my friend who is a mechanic stop by just to confirm I didn't mess up my install and he said everything looks fine. So Im at a loss here, Could it be bad shoes?
Bad vibration After installing rear brakes
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SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
are the hold down springs and pins installed correctly?
Sunlitcomet I would like to think that they were. I used a new hardware kit and I noticed the new springs were color coded. I also noticed that the one spring was slightly smaller in diameter and would only fit on the cup washer that held the self adjuster lever in place.
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
I would like a link to the part kit you got and some close-ups of the work please. Do I dare ask if you got the right shoes as well? And what are you driving btw?
Quick update. I received a call from my friend who is a mechanic and I guess he was speaking to his boss about the vibration. His boss seemed intrigued more then anything about the vibration. So His boss stopped by and took my truck and said he would let me know what he finds. As soon as I hear something I will post it.
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
ok. i would have done the same if i was him.
So here is the latest. The mechanics installed 2 different brake drums and another set of shoes. Guess what, Still vibrating. After all of us stood their scratching our heads we noticed my original drums were slightly different then the 3 drums we received from the parts supply. So we installed my original drums and the vibration disappeared. So now keep in mind these drums also vibrated when we tried them last time. So now we are all confused. Only thing we can come up with is that it must have been a combination of bad shoes and incorrect drums. It just goes to show you that even though the parts are new and good quality you still get garbage every ow and again.
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
part number of possibly bad shoes and years doors of your suv please.
SunlitComet
OBS Jedi-Do Good
you have 11"brakes right? you have a 4wd right? those would be the correct application. would have gotten bendix myself. any chance they got contaminated with grease, cleaner or brake fluid during install?
