Not equal wear of rear drum shoes

Camry 95 with rear drums, 193000 miles.

I noticed my shoes are not equally worn. They seem to be thiner on the upper side. Is this normal ? I figured this could be from the way they worked pushed away on the upper side, but I am not sure...

BTW - I did my front brakes today, new rotors, new pads - cleaned everything... I did not do the rears, did not have enought time - I hope it is ok ? Car breaks fine except rear of the car lifts a little when I break. It is ok, I guess. I will do rears next weekend. I will need more time for rears since I noticed right piston is leaking a little - the rubber boot was wet.

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Pszemol
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It's completely normal for the reasons you have said. There is one dual piston-slave cylinder, which pushes the tops of the shoes out,..hence the top of the linings will wear more. ' Of all the cars I've had with this arrangement, that has been the result.

While their is a 1/16" or more of lining at the thinnest point, I personally would not be concerned with normal driving (not towing a van or anything heavy).

Car breaks

Unfortunaely that means the cyl is probably scored. Buy a new unit from a non-Toyota brake place or Auto-barn. The Italians make all-model replacements for example which are just as good and much cheaper.

Be careful removing and replacing the return springs. They are *very* strong. I use a decent brand of vice-grips. That way you wont injure yourself if the spring twangs loose.

I also use a special gizzmo which holds the cylinder's pistons right in. Then you can attach all the return springs with the shoes angle out. Then you gently push the shoes home, engaging their ends as you go. Takes a bit of practise.

You then bleed the brakes,..but you probably knew that :-)

Jason

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Jason James

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