Rear wheel panic stop lockup

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Originally Posted by 67ss&99ss

I had issues with mine locking up and one of the things that I did that helped greatly was sanding the very edge of the brake shoe material on the top and bottom to get that sharp corner off. One of my old mechanic friends told me to try it and what a difference it made in my truck.

On mine if the PO hadn't put the shoes on the wrong sides it might have helped too, LOL.