Good and bad news...

Got the expander free and it's moving smoothly now. However, I still can't get the rotor over the assembled shoes. It's close, but it just doesn't want to fit. The adjuster is spun down all the way, the expander is compressed. What else could it be? I can't see anything at all keeping the shoes out. It's as if the pad is too thick or the rotor is too small...

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