What company makes the best rear brake shoes?

when I get around to fixing my e-brake on the passenger side I'll have to remember to take pics.

 

The rear shoes are supposed to adjust every time you pull the parking brake. As the shoes wear they will apply less force if they haven't been auto-adjusted by the parking brake.

I don't see how the dealer said they are working correctly if they don't lock up with the parking brake.

Will the parking brake hold the car on a hill?


As far as brands of shoes, I know on some Toyotas the shoe lining is not symmetric. I mean the front shoe has less lining on the top part and the rear has less lining on the bottom part if they are installed correctly. But I noticed that aftermarket shoes seem to have the lining extending evenly, so the shoe can be flipped over and it's symmetrical. I'm not sure how much this matters. I don't see this mentioned in the 96 Tacoma repair manual, but in my Corolla repair manual it shows a diagram with the shoes not symmetrical like I tried to explain.

 

I went a 180k without as much pulling the drum, in addition I had cheap wheels with tin center caps. the rust made pulling the drum difficult. I ended up destroying the drum, though there was plenty of wear left on the shoes they had glazed significantly. installed new bosch drums and and wagner shoes, I is happy. Ill pull drums sooner in the future.

 

Same with my truck but I was pushing 150K. I knew better but tried non OEM and I got pulsing and bad juju from the rear. I returned promptly and ordered OEM. The shoes had 30% left but the drums were just a few thou in spec, so out they went. My cylinders were leaking too so I picked up some of those as well.

 

you can use bolts in the threaded part near the center of the drum to back the drum off. I have two proper size bolts in my toolbox for this very reason

 

Yep, stripped those out and ended up drillin them out to get puller in there. In hindsight I should have put a torch to the rust.

 

Interesting you say that, when I installed the Wagners I Noticed they were asymmetrical and after install thought it might be a fail. Not.

 

I sprayed PBlaster on the hub ring so it would soak a little around it and then used a hammer to loosen it after about 5 or so minutes

 

I took that approach even before 1st attempt, The drum had broke free (slightly, tight wiggle) almost immediatly. I think the culprit was the cheap tin wheel center caps, that had to be pealed away in pieces. The new drums slid over without a hitch.