Rear brake shoe size?

[chris142]

I'm sure that I'm due for rear shoes. The parts stores have 2 sizes. One being 3 inches wide and another only 2.5 inches wide. Any idea what an 87 F250 would have? Or do I have to pull a wheel to find out?

 

[79jasper]

Iirc, 3 is for drw.

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[Oledirtypearl86]

Pretty sure my 86 F-350 is 3 I just did brakes a few months ago you can take the rear drum off and put a tape to it but my local parts store Carry's both all the time

 

[hce]

The brake shoe size saga
full floating axle over 8500 gvw f-250 and single f-350 are 3
semi float f-250 under 8500 are 2.5
dually 3.5

 

[chris142]

What does a semi and floating axle mean? Mine is 8 lug and the axle shaft can be unbolted and removed if that helps.

 

[Thewespaul]

Your axle is “floating”from the hub if it can be removed like that. If it cannot then you have a semi floating design

 

[chris142]

OK so I should have the 3" ones?

 

[Jason1377]

I believe so according to people's posts.

 

[chris142]

I pulled a wheel and drum today. Are our lug nuts some sort of locking lug nuts ? They sure are hard to get on and off! Rear shoes are 3 inches wide. Not as bad as I had thought they would be. My noise was the self adjuster cable. its broken and flapping around inside the drum.

 

[79jasper]

I pulled a wheel and drum today. Are our lug nuts some sort of locking lug nuts ? They sure are hard to get on and off! Rear shoes are 3 inches wide. Not as bad as I had thought they would be. My noise was the self adjuster cable. its broken and flapping around inside the drum.

My brand new ones did that in a few weeks time.


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