brakes Ok, am I the only one having trouble with 250mm brake shoes?

[GirtAllerton]

So, I purchased the 250mm rear brake drum upgrade from IE and have run into trouble. Pretty straight forward but the shoes supplied don't have a spacer to allow for the upper spring placement. The two parts are directly riveted together and its way too tight to get the spring between the shoe and brake lever. I know I could bend the crap out of it but its just going to cause wear and sooner or later eat the spring. Jeremy at IE did send me a second set of rear shoes to try but the same problem exists. Anyone dealt with this or am I doing something incorrect?

Middle pad is my old one.

Edited April 14, 2015 by GirtAllerton

[Mike87]

From my understanding, the spring should go on the other side of the plate (the fixed side), not between the two.

[peterschop]

FYI, pads and calipers go on the front and drums and shoes on the rear. 

[GirtAllerton]

Mike, I still will get interferance and possibly pop the spring out if I reverse the spring. Manual shows it goes between. Also shows a spacer.

[GirtAllerton]

Thanks, Lets go with my shoes are screwed. Anyone have a fix or do these need to go back to IE?

[Mike87]

Guess I was wrong. Call IE and explain the issue. They should get you new shoes.

[KFunk]

These were stock size shoes, but I had to return a set to Autozone for that some reason: No spacer between e-brake lever and shoe.  It just can't be made to work.

 Another parts store ordered some OEM shoes, and they had the spacer, and worked fine. 

Edited April 14, 2015 by KFunk

[pklym]

These were stock size shoes, but I had to return a set to Autozone for that some reason: No spacer between e-brake lever and shoe.  It just can't be made to work.

 Another parts store ordered some OEM shoes, and they had the spacer, and worked fine.

Same thing happened to me, also with Autozone if I remember correctly.

[Dave3x72tii]

I have seen this on 230mm shoes, I have used a bolt and locknut with a washer as a spacer in an emergency, now I keep a pair of oem spacers and rivets in case.