LX 2.0 rear brakes - what gives???
 

Last year I changed my rear drums, shoes, and springs n things on my '01 Protege LX 2.0 manual.

The brake shoes I bought were different from the ones I took out - they appeared to be made for a car with smaller drums.
I returned them to Autozone/Advance Auto/whatever and got some from Carquest.

Same deal.

I checked Rock Auto and NAPA and they only list one brake shoe or drum # regardless of engine size.

I had to majorly loosen my hand brake cable to get the shoes to go in, and even then they barely fit.

The brakes never felt right and here I am with 30 k miles on them and I'm hearing grindage back there. I imagine the middle part has worn through.

This sucks.

Anyone know if the 2.0 LX has bigger drums and nobody told the parts houses?

Ask the parts guys to check to see if a year older or newer is a different # because it will depend on the production date if there is a difference