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You may have to adjust the shoes out a bit more, even if they drag for the first few miles and you smell brake material....
If it is a slack in the cable issue then you can install a turnbuckle in the intermediate cable so you have infinite adjustment
Crappy pic but gives you an idea:
I had to add one to my 97 F350 the previous owner installed all new foot pedal assembly and cables! Problem is the cables were obviously for a longer F350??? I dunno...mine is a 4 door ling bed so I'm not sure why the cable would be too long. Anyways I used a stainless heavy duty turnbuckle setup from the hardware store and now I am in control of the foot pedal and rear drums......
In order to get the brakes to actually hold the truck and trailer on a hill I had to really adjust the shoes out quite a bit more then I would have thought.
It works great now! Which is good since its a 5 speed and its my tow rig.........
I'll be making a trip to hardware store today since that seems like a winner! Side note is there a bolt that helps with adjustment on the pedal assembly?
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