Here's pics of the old brake drums and brakes when I pulled the drum on the front passenger side. 67 F100 2wd
Your joking right? I saw torn dust boot on the wheel cylinder. Plus I already bought new shoes, hardware, and wheel cylinders for the front drums.
They didnt look too bad to me either Dylan. All I see is some surface rust.... The pads still have the numbers on them...
I've seen worse as well, my rear pads came away from the metal before. I normally replace the entire hardware every 2 brake changes when doing drums.
If anyone has driven a vehicle with front drum brakes, they leave a lot to be desired in braking ability. I don't blame you for wanting new shoes on those front drums. David I may be wrong, but isn't there supposed to be a metal bar (drawn in white) that goes between the red arrows I drew on the pic with flat circular springs (blue on drawing) on each end? I call it a "load spreader". Pardon my crude drawing.