[T3] Rear Brakes

["Cory Medlin" <cmedlin4@bellsouth.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I recently bought my first T3 - a 1971 squareback. What a blast. I decided
to replace the entire braking system since the car had been sitting and the
brakes were frozen. All is complete but the new drums will not fit over the
new shoes(old drums go on fine). I have backed off the adjusters completely
and the handbrake is released (and not frozen in the "engaged" position-I
checked). I replaced the wheel cylinders and they are fully retracted. After
some testing I have determined that the drums will fit fine until I install
the bracket that goes between the upper half of the shoes and activates the
handbrake. In fact, only when I add the handbrake actuator(that clamps on to
the bracket) does the problem occur. Guy at the parts store says this is
common--break out the grinder. That makes no sense to me--has anyone else
had this experience? Thanks.


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