rear drum brake

[fstfrd01]

i had a leak coming from my rear drum brake so when i took it apart, aside from finding a couple springs broken i found this (pictured) piece hanging from a wire, not hooked up to anything. I checked the other tire to compare and the other one was just hanging there too. what is this suppose to be hooked up to?

and comes to my other question about my one broke brake, can i just buy the springs i need that broke?

[Diesel_brad]

Pic no workey. Hardware kits(the slings, clips and such are sold. they are about 15 per side
Passenger side brake assem

[fstfrd01]

sorry guess it didnt work...lets try again

[Diesel_brad]

That cable has an EYE on one end. The eye goes at the top where the shoes pivot.. Then the cable wraps around a slider, then the end in your hand gets hooked on the adjuster bar

[fstfrd01]

any idea what its purpose is?

[Diesel_brad]

It is part of the self adjuster

[fstfrd01]

there are two hardware kits for the truck, one with 12" x 3" brakes and 12.12" x 3.5" brakes

how i know which one i have?

[95350PS]

Is it a single rear wheel axle or dual? Dual rear wheel axle gets 3.5 and single gets 3

[fstfrd01]

its a single, thank you!

[95350PS]

Then you need the 12x3's only reason i know is i just rebuilt rear breakes and axles seals on my dually that has a single axle with spacers to make it a dually