Good question.

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they havent smoked since that first time. some of the smoke might have been oil inside the vents from manufacturing/packaging(i did spray them down with brake cleaner real well to get all the oil off), but i did smell brakes when they smoked the first time. and i adjusted the rear drums until i heard the shoes rubbing against the drum. or should i adjust it until i actually feel resistance while turning the drum? but they seem ok now, so hopefully it was just a break in thing.

i wouldnt think that they got hot like that JUST from putting new brakes on the front. its not like there was no pad left on the old ones, there was still plenty of pad life left, the rotors were just real rusty, and grooved on the insides which caused the pads to be grooved really bad as well.

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