Brake System Rebuild Begins! But it's a stutter step....

I got the grass cut, did some woodworking repairs and still had a little time left over to work on the truck!  So I started in on the brakes.  I started with the right rear brakes.

Here is the before:

Here is the after:

Here's a shot of the whole assembly:

Here's a close up of the star adjuster before:

The star adjuster after:

You can see an original spring in the background of this pic.  It is attached to the emergency brake.  I did not refurb the emergency brake.

Here is the spreader bar and anti-rattle spring before:

Here is the spreader bar and anti-rattle spring and front shoe hold down after:

You can also see the small rods that go between the new wheel cylinder and the new brake shoes in the top of the pic.


I posted some of these pics on the truck forum for an online inspection and unfortunately, I got the brake shoes reversed.  In the overall pic, you can see that the shoe with the reduced amount of friction material is on the left (or rear) of the wheel assembly.  It should be on the right (which is the front). Sadly, next weekend I will have to take it all apart and reverse the shoes and struggle with the springs...again.  Oh well, whatcha gonna do.