Motorcycle Repair: front drum brakes, drum brakes, new shoes


Question
Hi there. I have an AX100 suzuki 1987, it has front drum brakes and when i bought the bike these were not working at all. A friend and i took apart the front drum brake and noticed there was still padding on the two shoes. We fiddled around with tightening and loosening them and have made it so they work but not very well at all. I noticed that when i pulled the lever for the brakes it looked like only one shoe was moving. I am very limited for funds and do not want to take it too a specialist, im sure with a bit of help i can fix them myself! Any help is welcome and greatly appreciated!!! Thanks for your time!!!

Answer
boyh shoes should vove when the brake cam is actuated, see why the one is not moving, those brakes are very simple, you might need new shoes andd can use the old springs, the shoes go on the opposite of the way the old ones come off... look closely at the pivot side of the non-moving shoe, is it free to move ? might be frozen there, clean it up to free it...