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Originally Posted by tentcamper
You need to break in the brakes. You need to go about 30 stops. Stopping very slowly from about 30 mph, taking 20 to 30 seconds to come to a stop.
Also electric brakes take about 2-3 miles to warm up and do not brake well when they are cold.
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This might be some of the best advice I've seen.
The rule for tightening the shoes until they contact then backing them off two clicks is standard practice. Where I have trouble is deciding how tight is "contacting". When I dud this, I didn't tighten it enough. I think I found that tightening the shoes so the wheel would spin a half turn before stopping was about right. Then I'd back it off 2 notches.
It seems that the Never-adjust brakes are more forgiving for the initial adjustment, but it would take some time for them to self adjust properly. from what I'm reading from Bill, they seem to work better then car self adjusting drum brakes.