I have an old Ford Fiesta thats done 120k, the handbrake had been very poor recently and after some failed attempts to fix it I bit the bullet and both the drums and shoes yesterday.

The handbrake now works great (hurray!) but the brake shoes seem to be touching the drums all the time, even with the handbrake cable fully slack. I was hoping it would loosen up after a bit of driving, instead the drums were getting hot and one of the rear brakes then starts making a clunking noise at low speeds. This stops once the drums have been allowed to cool, only to start again when they get hot again.

So I figure I need to the stop the shoes dragging on the drum. Any suggestions how to do this? The self adjusters were heavilly corroded, so I'm considering replacing these but am not entirely convinced this will make any difference.