drum brakes adjusted, now one side hotter?

[The motor guy]

Had the shop adjust my parking brake and they adjusted the brake shoes on both sides. Anyways, came back home and it smelled like burning rubber when I got out of the truck. One side was around 180 shooting the actual drum itself with a temp gun, the other side was 120. Not sure what the burning smell was, but I drove it some more. Made a trip to home depot and back and now the we're around 120 and 150ish. Told the shop I was bringing it back, but I wonder if maybe one side was just a bit too tight and it's slowly evening itself out now? They said one side the starwheel was seized, they replaced it. Not sure if it's an assembly they replace or just the wheel itself. If it's anything like my trailer, I believe it's just a few separate pieces. What do you guys think? The last time I checked it was a stop from 60mph right off the main rd into the gas sation and that's when IIRC I read only a 30 degree difference. This is on my dodge ram truck. These people made me mad because the owner gave me a quote to replace the hydro boost a few months back then I brought it in and they didn't want to do it because it was a diesel and apparantly the owner was out for the week. I bet their isn't a difference between the v10 gas and the 5.9 cummins. Anyways, besides that shouldn't the drum brakes even themselves out by themselves after a bit more driving, since they replaced that one seized star adjuster? I probably don't need to bring it back in, huh?

 

[eljefino]

You're right, you need a new mechanic. But these chuckleheads should fix your brake adjustment for you.

 

[The motor guy]

You're right, you need a new mechanic. But these chuckleheads should fix your brake adjustment for you.

I don't know. I think its fixing itself and there isn't anything to do, they might just mess it up more. They did tighten the parking brake as requested, it definitely takes more effort. I don't think star wheel adjusters loosen themselves if they were manually overtightened, do they?

 

[berniedd]

If you're savvy, maybe you can back out the star wheel yourself? 2 clicks in the reverse direction should fix it.

 

[D60]

I don't know. I think its fixing itself and there isn't anything to do, they might just mess it up more. They did tighten the parking brake as requested, it definitely takes more effort. I don't think star wheel adjusters loosen themselves if they were manually overtightened, do they?

The shoes will wear. Your temp difference doesn't seem extreme, I'd probably give it more time as you say.

 

[The motor guy]

The shoes will wear. Your temp difference doesn't seem extreme, I'd probably give it more time as you say.

Well what's done is done is my thinking. Just as long as its heading in the right direction is all. Its not like its at 500 degrees with visible blue smoke. I dont know what that burning rubber smell was, but its not nearly as noticeable as it was. Maybe they sprayed some penatrating fluid in that seized star wheel and the remnants were burning off