I had a 97 Stratus, the only thing I can tell you is that you should check
to make sure the ends of the shoes are properly placed against the bottom
pins. I once had replaced the shoes, felt that one was dragging, and found
that I had somehow got the drum on with the bottom of one shoe not back
where it belonged.

If you have ABS, there might be something wrong with the control unit.

SRG

"audeogod" > wrote in message
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> Hello all. New to the forum. I have a 98 Chrysler Cirrus that has a
> problem with the rear passenger side brakes.
>
> 3 times now, I have replaced the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, springs, and
> the drum, and 4 times now(yeah, it's burnt up again) it has burnt
> completely up because of a shoe that is dragging against the drum
> constantly and building up heat and then destroying everything inside of
> the drum. Everything was put back new each time except for the brake
> adjuster, which all the local autoparts stores tell me they cannot order.
>
> I know it was put back together correctly because if you've ever seen this
> particular set of shoes, they only fit one way. And the left driver's
> side
> has given me no problems at all, and I was the one that did the work on it
> when I changed it all as well. It got a new drum, shoes, and springs
> only, no wheel cylinder was necessary.
>
> It's also been suggested that the rubber hose that connects to the metal
> tubing that goes to the wheel cylinder may be clogged or is collapsing and
> not letting fluid flow backwards out of the wheel cylinder when the brake
> is released. I have not changed it yet either. But I did feel of the
> hose, for whatever good that will do, and it did not feel weak and did not
> collapse under my squeezing pressure. Visibly, it looks fine.
>
> Has anybody ever had this happen, and what do you do about it?? Change
> hose?? Try to get a new adjuster from a dealer or a junkyard??
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>