Got a brake question here

[66CHEV]

66 c10 drum brakes all around. changed out shoes couple months ago. when i put the brakes on it slightly pulls to one side in front and makes a errrk sound. is there some fluid or something possibly on the shoe or ????

thanks

[jocko]

have you adjusted the star adjusters? (although that wouldn't explain the erk sound...)

if not, generally speaking, you want to set them to where it just binds a few-wheeling hub, then back off until it is just "un-bound"...

If it's pulling to one side, then that side needs to be "loosened" or the other side needs to be "tightened".

If it's just fluid, it should get a little better - unless it is a continual leak from the cylinder rather than a little fluid dripped on the pad when you did the brake job. If it's a leak, gotta fix it. Should be able to pull the hub and check for a leak - if none, then probably just an adjustment is needed.