[Vwdiesel] Not Deisel, just brake bleeding hell on a VW bug question

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/24/2010 8:46:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net writes:

> However, don't make them too tight either, as they will tighten 
> even more and start draging once they heat up. I never did undedrstand 
> this, 
> as the drums should expand, but I guess the shoes expand even more.

  Guess it can expand in as well as out (thickness).  Maybe unlike 
a bearing, which gets bigger with heat, the closed over side keeps 
the ring of the drum from growing so much and the expansion goes 
into the thickness?
    Loren