Really?
REALLY?!
That shop I paid over $1000 to do the brake hydraulics in January 2019.... they do garbage work.
This is how it was when I took off the LH drum:
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Yes, the parking brake return spring is NOT THERE. Not to mention the self adjuster is hanging loose. What the heck is with the HUGE blob of grease for no reason?!
Not only that, there was small foreign piece of metal that looks like a tiny bushing that doesn't even go to these brakes, just lose down in the drum!!
The drum is toast, since no one in this craphole city can/will turn drum brakes, so it seems. O'Reilly WAY across town MIGHT but they can't say if they can or not without seeing the drum. I'll take it there tomorrow since I'm going over that way anyway for something else. The one nearby, their machine is broke down and the one mid way can't do drums.
The groves in the drum are DEEP, so it might be beyond repair.
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This is the second shop in the last 10 years that have done this type thing to me on an expensive repair bill on Bendix brakes. Last time on an old Dodge SRW Dana 60 with the same exact brake design. When I took the drum off to investigate why braking was STILL so bad, the shoe hold down spring fell out. One of the retaining clips ("nails") was gone, causing the shoes to eat into the drum constantly. Plus that shop stole the other new brake drum. That was a new shoe and a new brake drum they did this to on the Dodge. Oh and I see they also left off the self adjuster...
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Seriously.... repair shops CANNOT be trusted to do safe brake work these days AT ALL.
So, I might be buying a new drum. I looks like Advance Auto is the cheapest for a CarQuest drum due to their 25% off code online. Shipped to my door, a single drum will cost $67.xx tax and all. They beat RockAuto by about $5. O'Reilly would be about $25 more. AutoZone and Napa charge even more.