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My rotors are not fitting over the new ebrake shoes. Everything looks good, I am quite sure they are installed properly.

Is your e-brake on?

hard to tell from the pic but it looks like the shoes have shifted to one a little. make they are centered

ebrake is off, the adjuster is screwed in all the way, and i tried centering them before putting the rotors on.

I dont think this will help but, when I did mine On my '94 GT I had gotten e-brake shoes from O'Reillys and replacement Brembo rotors from TireRack. I know I installed every thing correctly, just had to get the drum machined down to get them to fit.

i had a similar problem...what did the trick...going back and uninstall everything and putting it all back in again...the clip spring and the thing that is the spacer with the fork was put in wrong...and i had to go back and forth trying to put the rotors on right...they're a certain point at which it will go in, you just have to find it. I had a F'ing time with it.

Ummm depending on where you got the shoes from, when I ordered my shoes they got them mixed up the the regular drum brake for the non disc brake set up on the st. They might be slightly bigger than the actual shoes, but might still fit on there. I don't know if this helps, but it is a possibility.

As long as everything is installed rite just take some sand paper sand down the inside of the rotor and then use a rubber malet to get them on.

I don't really want to mess with the new rotors. Right now have one new shoe and one old shoe on each side. Rotor slid right on. And the ebrake holds now. Parked the car on a fairly steep slope and it held.

I had the same problem to a point where i managed to get the rotors on but only to have the wheel lock up on me when I tried to drive. The problem with mine was that you don't mix and match the new shoes, springs, the adjuster etc with the old ones. Especially the adjusters( that bottom part) are different in overall length when fully shortened, and the shoes are made specifically to match for them. For example, the shoe might have thicker pads on them but the adjuster that came with it is short in over all lenght to compensate for the thicker shoes. And vice versa. My suggestion would be to use the new adjusters thingy if your shoes came with them or buy new ones and make sure its same brand/ company. I learned the hard way, because after the wheel locked up on me, i had a hell of a time taking it off. Don't mess with the rotors at all.
I hope this helps.

I got the ebrake shoes from napa. They only carry the shoes and you are supposed to re-use the old springs, clips and adjuster. Napa does not sell an adjuster. And I have not been able to find one, only the adjuster for the ST's drum brakes. I doubt its the same but not sure.

Are you sure they're the same shoes? Did you compare them next to the OEM ones? E-brake shoes don't have a lot of pad material because they're only used for holding your car in place (in theory... some people like to use them to powerslide) or in an emergency (hence e-brake). Those look a bit meaty to me. Also, Advance Auto Parts or Auto Zone should sell a complete hardware kit with adjusters for this. Advance Auto Parts gets them from Autopart International.