back brakes

Post by **redline** » 03 Nov 2005 04:04 pm

Took the car in the garage today coz back brakes and handbrake didnt feel right , after stripping the drums down found the rear shoes had loads of meet left on them and the drums were fine ( no scoring or grooves ) sfter a little look round we found that the drivers side handbrake adjuster was seized so the brakes were not adjusting automatically as they should , 45 minutes later the adjuster was no longer seized all the brake mechanism was cleaned and adjusted , I have now got great brakes and a handbrake that works,, Might be worth a few squirts of wd40 on the adjusters now and again to stop the same happening to your cars

Post by **classicswede** » 03 Nov 2005 10:15 pm

I've never had the adjusters seize but the lever pivot has seized twice. The rear brakes were non existent when I got the car so ordered new cylinders before even looking. On inspection I found the pivot was solid so freed it all up reasembled and greased the moving parts. A few months later the same problem reocoured so I repeated the job and fitted good second hand drums and new shoes. After a few more months same thing happened. I do not under stand why it happens I have used a thick grease so it wont run off. I do not mind having to keep doing it but it's anoying. All I can blame it on is the salt on our roads.

Dai