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Put the new brake drums on today and braking is back to normal. Will take the Suburban over to our local mechanic to have him install the ABS Modulator Pump and work through the transfer case shifting.

The new brake drums and shoes arrived today. I did not feel like changing the shoes, so I just threw the drums on. It is back to braking smooth and normal.

Tossing them to the recycling yard.

This is the current state of the front end on my ‘99 Suburban:

Today I Installed the exhaust from the muffler back. From the muffler forward it’s still in good shape, so those pieces went into storage in the basement. Also pulled the brand new and freshly overheated rear brake drums. New drums and shoes arrive Tuesday. Very heavy work week. Will be lucky...

Right rear heavily blue. Left rear reddish, on its way to blue. Not taking any chances, new drums and shoes ordered. Happy Birthday Big T!

I did, but you can drive through with these engines.

Well NAPA reinstated their 20% online discount, which brought the total down from $373 to $299. So there’s that. Parts will be here Tuesday.

Nope, this is real. My hands are beat up and the next two weeks are long hours on the day job. Replacing drums is easy. Replacing brake shoes takes some time. I’ll try to get it done in the evenings.

The truck was running incredibly smooth with no shudder while braking. It was my birthday and after splitting a bunch of wood, I decided to float and fish the river. I launched at Bell’s Crossing with my takeout at Stevensville Crossing. My wife shuttled the Suburban to the takeout at...

Installed new 195 thermostats for which the specs said they start to open at 190. Per my dash temp, it gets to 187.5 then quickly drops back to 185. The Service Engine Soon light went off by itself. So I conclude that the Engine Coolant issue is back to normal. During my test drive, the braking...

Well done. Thanks Paul. I looked around the garage, but could not find the 16th injector. I’ll keep looking. I’m just relieved I got the shudder upon braking corrected. Next up is replacing thermostats. Then my ABS should arrive by Monday and I’ll have Wayne at Eagle Watch Automotive install...

It was never an issue of the drums being out of round out of the box. My error on the brake shoe install on the right side lead to the left side locking up and the right side only having the rear shoe applying brake force. This resulted in overheating the drums causing “warping” which is really...

I bought a second drum to replace the right rear and the shudder upon braking is completely gone. In fact the braking is now buttery smooth.

I purchased two sets of these injectors and I’m having them tested as we speak. First off, one injector is missing. These have sat on the shelf in the box they arrived in, individual injectors in their boxes most unopened and inside the injectors were sealed in heavy plastic bags. Why one...

I’m having two sets of Bosch India injectors tested by Bill Heath. He will pull apart at least one to inspect for CKO indicators. As for the brake drums, I will know fairly quickly if the new one cured the issue. I have an incremental plan of attack for this issue and I’m working to it.

I sense that you are fixated on this. To me it is not hard to pull a drum. I kept the first drum. Since it presumably warped due to overheat, I was not sure about turning it. With rotors, I never turn them because the “warped” area is from an increase in hardness of the metal due to heat. You...

I will first try the new drum as is. If it does not cure the problem, then I will order a second drum for the other side. If that does not cure the problem, I will have them turned. Realize that my installation error caused the overheat problem and resultant warping. It was never there from...

The local Napa charges $20 to turn this size drum.