I went to change the brake shoes, and found out that shoes on there already were thicker than the new shoes I bought from Kragen. I also looked at the top of the line shoes at Pep Boys and they too, were also thinner.
So I took my drums in to Kragen to get them turned if they needed to, it was only $10 for each. It turns out that one of them were too big to be turned. So for $40 more, I bought new drums.
Now after leaving the old shoes on, replacing the drums, and adjusting the star-wheel right, I'm getting this real bad pulsating when hitting the brakes (and hitting the e-brake). I read on here to buy only a Napa or OEM drum. What should I do?
Oh and it's a 93' 4x4 pickup 22re with 120,000 miles.

 

Put everything back the way it was and stop fixing stuff that isn't broken. As soon as you saw that your brakes were good, you should've stopped right there, put the wheels back on and not wasted money.

 

It's not uncommon for a new rotor/drum to be slightly warped out of the box. I remember years ago taking .037 off of brand new rotors to get them straight which is more than half the material allowed for removal.

 

True. Drums and Rotors often say on the box: do not store upright. What do auto parts stores do? Store them upright.

It may need turning. At least have it checked. They can't charge you for that.

 

Thank you all for your help. That's what I did. I took the new drums to Kragen to see if they were centered. They said both were ok, but this is Kragen we're talking about. Also what I didn't say was that when I bought the new drums, I left them there at Kragen, now it's in there trash.

 

In my experience if you replace the drums or the rotors you have to replace the pads too, even if they look good. You can GENERALLY get away with replacing just the pads if the drums / rotors are in spec, but not the other way around. My mechanic buddy told me that the pads can wear to the drums, and if there is something slightly out of true, then when you put on new drums, the pad shimmies back and forth, causing the pulsation. This happened to me on my wife's Corrolla. Replaced the pads (even though they look good) and problem fixed.