I recently had to do axle bearings, and rebuilt the drums while I was inside. Brakes work a lot better now because the old pads were covered in gear oil! But I cannot figure out why my passenger side drum is getting so hot that you cannot touch it.
I have adjusted them correctly, even backing the adjuster almost all the way down. Both brakes work perfectly fine, and neither one grabs if you spin it. Each was bled until getting lots of fluid. Neither drum was replaced or turned, but the car has 30k orig miles and they looked brand new.
The only problem I had with the whole thing was adjusting the e brake. After I put the brakes together, I adjusted the e brake cable to be way too tight, because it turns out that the passenger side (the one getting hot) bracket had come unclipped and was just bouncing around. Last night I was able to put that all back together but the e brake was at first so tight that a drum wouldn't fit (not engaged). After backing off the e brake a noticeable amount everything went back together perfect. Took it for a test drive with the adjuster where it just catches the drum and then again lower than it should be and its still getting super hot.
I'm lost with where else to go so any tips would be nice. I originally thought the drivers brake wasn't working at all, or the pass was locked up. However they both seem to operate just fine and don't squeal or have any weird wear patterns.
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