Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
From what little I can see, that's not a traditional drum brake but more of a band brake. I'm not familiar, but it seems like noise issues would most likely be from an alignment problem, bad pad on the band, or contamination. Is the - cylinder? - firmly attached to the drive shaft?
Yes band brake describes it well. It is firmly attached. I'll check out you suggestions and get a better pic. Thanks.