[MWeed]

For those of us with only front discs. The rear drum adjustment keeps the pedal up for our braking. A low pedal means no rear brake activity/less stopping power. In my experience, although the self adjusters might be listed and installed they seldom if ever really work. keep your rear brakes adjusted so that they can help stop the D.

 

[MWeed]

Self-adjusters have been around for about 50 years and they still haven't figured out how to make them work.

 

[MWeed]

Nobody backs up hard enough or fast enough to cause the adjusters to work. The problem is, if you did you'd get popped for wreckless driving or something. The design needs work. Still easier to crawl under and adjust.

 

[MWeed]

Remember, that this problem is inherent in every drum brake car made, not just the D. No one has come up with a better design in all of this time.

 

[MWeed]

Greg, it's all a matter of physics. As you brake the vehicle, the weight transfer from back to front is significant. The front brakes have and always will have to do more of the braking than the rear. As the rear lightens up, the tires have less and less friction between them and the road surface. That's the prime reason why pu trucks (used as the most obvious example) always slid the rear tires on hard braking in the past. Present systems tend to shut off the rear brake pressure as the rear of the body lifts to limit this from happening. At the same time more pressure is sent to the front brakes.

ABS only stops the tires from sliding under braking pressure, as this gives more steering control, and the fact that there's more stopping ability from a tire that isn't slipping than from one that is.