Manual drum brake issue

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Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

It's been a long time since I've seen new brake shoes, but those don't look new ;-)
Good you got is sorted out

I put them on last year been sitting in my barn with about 2 miles on them. The rust is what came off the drums from sitting and may be the reason the front wasn’t working well till after I cleaned the shoes and drum . Cobwebs in the first picture tells the tale

Edited the first post to reflect the time period