After: new bearings, complete wire overhaul, 2 new backing plates etc etc
Still the same thing
Last ditch effort tonight I remember changing old school drum brakes with my Dad and always wire brushing the contact surfaces. I also checked to see if the drum was magnetized (its not).
So I removed the paint from the contact surfaces (which could have caused a sticky condition) and polished the metal. Added some white grease reassembled and down the road....that wheel actually ran cooler the entire time until I got close to home and started using the brakes and up the temps went....
Parked it an i could smell the brakes on that wheel. Left the cap off and the heat didnt seem to be coming from the bearing but the outside drum was too hot to touch....so the brake is dragging.
I checked the alignment for the heck of it and the wheels are good. Haven't tried new brake material yet.... maybe that's it. Other 3 wheels have napa shoes and the hot wheel has dexter shoes.
If anyone out there is pulling their passenger front axle hub would you send me a picture or post a picture of the assembly? When I did the road repair last summer did I put the first assembly on one hole off?
I surrender. ok quitting is not part of my personality..that was a moment of weakness.