[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by len84pa

I attempted to change the brake shoes on my 2015 gas Yamaha. I've been changing brakes on my vehicles for 30+ years and never experienced the problems that I did with my golf cart.

1. I ordered aftermarket brake shoes from Amazon. They looked identical to the old shoes.
2. The spring clips that hold the shoes to the back plate were a pain to install. Can they be replaced with the springs that have a round hex cap like most brake shoes?
3. I installed the new shoes only to find out I couldn't get the brake drum over the new shoes.
4. I'm suspecting the tabs that fit into the back plate and self adjusters are too long keeping the shoes extended too far out preventing the drum from fitting.
5. I sent the shoes back to Amazon and installed the old shoes with no problem except for those spring clips.

Any comments / advice will be appreciated.

Item #3, you normally need to turn the brake adjuster to a much shorter length, then you can install the drum and readjust so the brakes operate correctly, I have done golf cart brake replacements twice and had to do this both times, and I have lost count of the number of times I did this on cars.