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The pad pressure is applied evenly on both shoes.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/drum-brake1.htm There is a short vid showing how they work.
Speaking of fine tuning drum brakes...... didn't the ol' time "good" brake technicians also bend the shoe (the metal backer actually) to better fit the drum? In an attempt to have the brake material wear evenly and give full contact right from new.
Ok I tried to post the way you said but as you can see it came out differently but at lest there are pics to see . The project is a 27 t coupe . The frame rails started out as 3/16 plate which we broke at 4 1/4 by 1 3/4 . The front kick up is 4 " and the rear is 14 " the front cross member is 1" higher than stock to lower the front 1' . The front spring is a reverse eyed and mounted on the trailing arms . Front axle is out of a 37 ford car along with the split wish bones . The rear end is a 40 ford . I took it apart and machined the center case to take 53 ford truck axle gears . I then narrowed it 2" and weld in the bearing ends 0ut of the truck housing and cut the spline end of the axle to the lest I could and still get in the axle gears . The rear trailing arms are out of a 35 ford car with both front and rear arms now mounted on tie rod ends . The rear spring is a 38" speedway 2" wide reverse eyed . That's it for now .http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s494/Driller6/27 Model T Build/DSCF1770_zps4d34157e.jpg
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