Originally Posted by surf4life

Yes the spec is I think 4mm - 8mm. I will double check the FSM. I will look at the inspection ports today. I'm curious what the spec is for clearance between the shoe and drum or if i can even see that from the inspection port?

Originally Posted by Co_94_PU

Got a good laugh here, "rotate the wheel so you can see each brake shoe", if my brake move when I spin the wheel how do they stop the wheel?! Can't picture what you tried to describe.

It was distracted and misspoke, the spec they give is iirc for pad thickness.

Regardless yes there are rubber plugged inspection holes on the backing plate. This gives you access to the pad Assembly and can apply a little force to the backing plate the pads are attached to.

Originally Posted by Mr. Z.

Wow! Not sure what I was thinking...
I should really reread what I type before sending it on...
My apologies!