Beav, I did the rear brakes a few weeks ago and knew the adjusters were not working correctly. At the time, I could only get the right side adjuster before we went away and planned on replacing the left adjuster this weekend.....didn't make it that far! Only drove 69 miles since the rear brakes were done, but the left side kept loosening and not letting the shoes stay close to the drum. When I made the hard stop....the cylinder caught the very tip of the shoe and twisted it which popped the lower part of the shoe off. Next time I hit the brakes...there was nothing there to hold the piston in the wheel cylinder and it blew right out!
Got another new set of shoes, added the new left side adjuster, new wheel cylinder, all new brake fluid (cause there was none left :smilie_happy: ), cut the drums and back on the road!
While at the shop, they looked at the front end for me and it turns out BEAV was RIGHT!..the inner tie rods were both worn out. So they replaced both the inner and outer tie rod ends....did an alignment, rotated and rebalanced the wheels again.
Got it on the road and the shimmey/shaking has been cut down significantly! :clapping: :lust:
BUT...it is still there. :crying: (Only minor now) Everything else checked out OK...struts, ball joints. They did not pick up that there was any excessive movement in the wheel bearing assemblies, but with the condition of the tie rod ends and mileage (129K) I may still replace the wheel bearing assemblies (since I have them already sitting in the garage)...just not this weekend! :mrgreen:
