Twin Leading Shoe Cam Ajustment

Last Winter I built my 83 250 CR works replica. The one thing I just threw together was the front Brake. On the two rides I have ridden the bike the front proves to be totally worthless. The Steel Drum is badly pitted and will probably need to be replaced. Some how that got overlooked till it was Powder Coated and Laced to a re anodized Rim. I hope to ride it this weekend and plan to work over what I have. I will check the wear pattern on the shoes and drum and sand them in as necessary. The one thing I'm not sure about is the adjustment of the Cams. I just adjusted them so that they were parallel when I put them together. How else would one do it ?

have you seen the "how to setup twin leading shoes" post?

parallel is a good start. then fiddle from there. the trick is to wack some emery in the drum and then grind the shoes to match the drum. stick it in with double sided tape and then with it all assembled in a vice, rotate the plate with the brakes "on" to grind it to suit the drum.

I endorse the Surprize method. I have been amazed how poorly some shoes bed to the drum until they have been matched by the sandpaper method. One day I will get a double leading Husky brake to work as good as my 78 single leader on my 390 auto.