Need advice on bad brakes

and my personal favorite to find is

Other than going to 16.00, I can't imagine a tire that would give more torque against the brake than the 14.00 R20. It's going about 28" further per revolution than a 9.00-20 which is about 20-25% greater torque than the 9.00. I can't imagine a better reason to use larger wheel cylinder pistons (and re-new all of the other components while at it).

Just for comparison, the area of a 1 3/8 piston is 1.512 sq in. The area of 1 1/2 piston is 1.767 sq inch. At 500 psi the force pushing out on the brake is 756 lbs on the 1 3/8 and 833 pounds on the 1 1/2" piston. At 1700 psi, the force is 2570# and with larger piston is 3003# (so closer to 20%).

Frank, im sure you fixed it, but that shoe spring is in the wrong spot on the right pad.

Just wanted to mention it for others that look at the pics.

gimpyrobb said:

Frank, im sure you fixed it, but that shoe spring is in the wrong spot on the right pad.

Just wanted to mention it for others that look at the pics.

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I posted the shoe spring fault as it is my favorite of all the messed up, broke, incorrect, ruined crap I found.
Should we start again on the wheels cylinder springs and cups and incorrect and mismatched parts?
The broken off shoe retainer was especially a lot of work.

Finally got a chance to remove drums and all the brake pads are covered with I am guessing
to be silicone brake fuid. Lesson learned that is first thing you guys say to inspect when
getting a new truck.