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That Is my thinking but I don't have anything to back it up. If the fronts saw more line pressure (or more physical force against the shoe if it had a bigger diameter wheel cylinder) then I could understand more shoe wear.... but if everything is the same, i don't see that they should wear out...

Another update. I checked my rear brake shoes last night with my buddy ( 74M35A2 ) and they look to be in great shape, not worn looking at all. All my wheel cylinders are working as they should... I tested one while I had the drum off by having "Soldier B" lightly press the brake pedal down...

Just an update, I checked my front wheel cylinders and they are 1-3/8" bore. I am going to check my rear shoes sometime soon and see what those shoes look like. Updates to follow.

You are welcome to come over and test mine out if I have the 1.5" wheel cylinders! :-D Mine is also a winch truck. Like I said, I think all my brakes are working fine. I have put a lot of miles on it and have taken care of it, so I would think its normal. I would like to pull he rear duals and...

On pavement, I think I have locked up one of the rears before, but not all of them when I hit the brakes hard. I have never locked up a front that I remember. It stops very well and will almost lift a passenger out of their seat. I have had no issue with feeling like I never had enough brakes...

I don’t drive my truck like a race car so I don’t think that has a huge factor in brake shoe wear. Valid points though! I have always kept by brake shoes in adjustment and they have always worked very well I think. It is going to be a while until I get to changing the brake shoes. I know I have...

Thanks G! I’ll have to check them out when I change the brake shoes. So these bigger wheel cylinders are usually only found on the front of A3 deuces? They never put the 1.5" bore wheel cylinders on a rear axle? Original early A2 deuces just had the same size wheel cylinders all the way...

But the M35A2 Deuce does not have a proportioning valve. If I blow one line, I lose everything. It has the single circuit brakes, not the split brake system like the M35A3. Even with the M35A3, I don’t know what that brake system is like other than two air packs. I should try to find a brake...

I checked the front axle brake shoes and they are worn down more than the rear axle brake shoes. I would say there is only about .010 inch left before it hits rivets. When I checked the brake shoes on the rear axle they still look great. Its hard for me to estimate how many miles are on the...