Brake Drum Overheating Solved.......

) I bled my front and back brakes today.
The brake fluid I purchased today was a clear colour. The fluid I removed was a dark brown.
Honestly I could not believe the state of the fluid that was removed. One of the back bleeder screws I know that the first liquid that came out was rusted water

I always maintain my vehicle but honestly I have never paid much attention to brake fluid.
That will now change for sure.

After doing this bleed job which I consider was absolutely necessary because I could see how dirty the fluid was compared to the new fluid, I still did not know if this would solve my Brake
Drum Overheating problem.

2 ) So while I had the two rear wheels removed, I changed the two drums over. The drum that overheated went to the side that was not overheating (passengers side ) and the drum that did not overheat went to the side that overheated.( driver's side )

And what can you guess my original problem overheated driver's side drum is no longer overheated it is normal.
The problem is now the passenger's side drum is overheated.

So the problem is a defective drum!!!!!!!!!!

Last week I was thinking the problem could be the drum and went to Canadian Tire to price drums.
Made in China drum $29.99
Made in USA drum $49.99

Three years ago when I was new in this city I went to a place to buy 2 new drums and was charged $29.99 and I now suspect that they must have been the made in
China drums. This one drum must have been defective from the beginning.
I had both drums in my hands today they are identical look the same, weigh about the same, markings the same they 9 inch drums, you would never know one is defective.

So my dilemma now is do I buy two $49.99 drums or just one.

See below my original postings to this forum

Thanks for your help
Denny B

I'm not quite sure how you reached this conclusion.
In what way is the drum defective? Is it worn past the
ID wear limit? It it warped (pulsing)? In all likelihood, your brakes are improperly adjusted, possibly due to defective or improperly installed adjusters.

Before you spend $$ on drums, verify that the existing ones are out of spec.

I don't understand your reply.
I do realize it is the drum.

I haven't followed this thread but, I note that you replaced the parking brake cables. I suppose my question is: does your vehicle have a parking brak cable master adjustment as many others have? If so, did you slack off that adjustment?
If not, the parking brake may be what is causing your uneven heating as parking brakes commonly apply unevenly and the wheel with the slight more easily applied brake is the one that will heat first.

But *why* is it the drum? Did you readjust the brake shoes when you swapped drums? If you didn't adjust, then the problem could have gone away simply because the hot drum had more clearance with the shoes on the other side.

As I said before, these components have specifications on them.
The major defects would be wrong ID, or out of true.
I think you're wasting money (

I have been doing my own brake jobs on my cars for over 30 years and make this statement simply to imply that I know what the inside of a brake drum looks like.

Understand the hot drum always remains the hot drum no matter where you put it, no matter how you set the auto adjusters.

Today I purchased a quality drum made in USA, installed it and now both back drums heat about the same, no more smelling the overheated brake linings, no more the drum getting so hot that you can feel even the tire rim is too hot and even the hub cap is too hot.

This has solved my problem.

As one poster stated the drum has possibly reached its minimum thickness.

Another poster stated he also had a similar problem with a "bamboo" made in China drum.

On http://www.made-in-china.com/products-search/hot-china- products/Brake_Drum.html, you certainly solve "Brake Drum Overheating " troublesome through discovers each brake drum.