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1997 Plymouth Breeze rear braked

Tiny
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  • 1997 PLYMOUTH BREEZE
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 122,000 MILES
I replaced the rear brakes. I had a really hard time getting the drum back on over the new brakes. Very tight fitting. The cylinder was retracted. After test driving, the wheel got really hot. I don' t think the pads are "moving" properly.

Thanks for your help.
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 12:46 PM

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Tiny
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Did you retract the star self adjuster?
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 1:08 PM
Tiny
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Yes, I did retract the star - The plungers in the cylinder were complete retracted as well.
I tried to drive the car a little way. "Smoke"!
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 3:50 PM
Tiny
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Try backing off on the parking brake adj.
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 3:53 PM
Tiny
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I don't know how I would do that - it's just a cable connected on the bottom of the shoe.
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008 AT 3:58 PM
Tiny
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Follow both cables up toward the brake lever you will see a threaded bod a nut back it offtill there is slack in cables. If that frees up then Adj by pulling lever 5 to 7 clicks tighten to hold car from rolling.
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008 AT 4:26 PM

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