Crack on brake shoe, is It still safe to drith?

[Jay]

Can i still drive around with a brake shoe like this?

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[Richard Kirshy]

Besides the material cracking on the inboard edge, there also is one towards the center and appears to be migrating towards the other.

For the cost of a set of rear brake shoes.
IMHO, I would replace them if it were me.
Others may feel differently though.

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[Fernando cunha]

theres good chance that it will damage the drum if left like that.
pad will flake of in time and you have metal to metal.
having said this is not dangerous as car don’t rely as much on drums
most of the brakege comes from front disc

[Jay]

I damaged them when I removed the drum. It got stuck to the drum when I am removing them using the 8×1.25 method. I also broke the retaining tab that holds the pin that holds the brake shoe. Anyways, I’ll just buy a new one and replace those. Thank you for the advise 🙂

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[Richard Kirshy]

Suggest you try collapsing the adjuster next time if the drum are that tight to the shoes.

[Jay]

This is the first time that I’ve opened the drum brake. Usually i leave it to the dealer to service my truck but recently they’ve been failing my expectations so I decided to just diy

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