brake shoes

Or just put some dust shields on there. Wouldn't even be able to tell if the shoe is overhanging.

 

I do not see d.o.t shutting you down for that. I could be wrong. I don't even see 1 writing you up on it. maybe at most telling you to have it checked. if it were me , I would not worry about it today. just get it looked at by someone qualified. you can make small adjustments with the roller & cam as to their exact placement to have shoe not stick out as far.

 

Could be the bearings on your hub weren't seated properly.

 

I do not see it either: I believe it takes 2 wheels with a brake problem for O/S. My point is I did not see being put O/S for a defective low air alarm when the warning light worked or for worn out shoes due to the lip in the drum hiding part of the shoe, etc. It will look a lot worse when the shoe is half worn out and being shut down far from home can be very expensive, why take the chance? Just my opinion and everyone has a quarter.

 

It looks like whoever did the last brake job replaced the shoes only and used the old drum. I see no problem with that if the drum was in spec and hopefully the spent the other $8 bucks and bought the hardware kit.

When I do brakes I change the shoes, hardware and drums unless it is a local part time truck that gets ocassional use then I skip the drum. New drums are only around $75 to replace and with brakes about $150 a wheel that is cheap insurance.

 

Some after market and reused shoes, pads are not riveted correctly, and wider material used to fit different shoes.

 

In most cases I have found when the shoes do this its caused by wear in the anchor pins. This allows the shoes to rock slightly on the pins. When I do a shoe replacement the anchor pins and bushings get changed as well. There is a reason the hardware kit that comes with brake shoes contain new anchor pins and bushings. If the safety inspection is coming up in a few months I would say let it go and get it corrected at safety time. However seeing It went through a annual and they did not correct this I would say you made the correct decision.