Squealing Brake

Posted by Scott On 2014/6/7 14:50:06

I recently replaced the brakes on my '48 Custom with the Kanter kit -- shoes, cylinders, springs, master, hoses. The old shoes were not anywhere close to worn out but everything was old and one of the cylinders tended to stick so I opted to just replace everything.

I cleaned the backing plates and put a very thin film of ceramic high temp brake grease just on the contact pads for the shoes. The drums are in fine condition with smooth surface.

Everything went well for the first couple of short drives, but then the left front wheel began squealing loudly whenever the brakes are applied more than very lightly. I pulled the wheel off again and all looks fine except that the shoes do not appear to be contacting evenly. The ends of the secondary shoe, especially the upper, show some wear with none in the middle. The shoes are clean.

The other three wheels aren't making noise. Ideas?