The All New, New "What have you done to your Bay today" thread.

Just remind @Zed that you are the Goddess of Shock Absorbers...

 

You'd know if your drums were out of round as the pedal would pulse enough to feel it, though if it got really hot it might not be as round as it was. It's not untypical that drums drag in one place - you need to back off the adjustment a bit or it's ye olde handbrake cable thing.

 

Pull the handbrake on (carefully) with the drum off and take a look - if it's muchos easier it's probably not the cable. Now let it off, nip back out to ensure it's returned of off position. If not maybe the cable is a bit stuck but more likely (if it operates easily with the drum off) you need to just back off the adjustment, so the question is - when were the brakes last adjusted? - if you say "ages ago" then something has indeed gone wrong. If you say - oh the garage did it last week, then they've just been a little over adjusted which is actually quite easy to do.

 

Could be wrong, but your brake shoes look a bit...dusty, as if they've never been touching the drums ie doing nothing.

Collar an assistant - perhaps a passing handsome young man? - and get them to gently step on the brake pedal, not too far. The shoes should move outwards. If they don't, summut's siezed somwhere, or the flexi hoses have collapsed.

 

That's true. Maybe skip the pedal bit. Could try backing the star adjusters right off, drum on, then adjust the drums?

 

ITS HAPPENING!!!!!

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Gone to the dark side, Sam has

 

i am the darkside

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He's ripped the heart out of it

 

He has, but I suspect he's going to be very pleased with it. Those engines are going to run out at some point/cars all scrapped, I'd be stashing a spare in the garage.
I'd have done the 2.5L one personally - all that effort.

 

If you're keen, do similar to the other side, then dive under the front and take up the slack on the cable adjuster under the floor. Six clicks and you're sorted

Don't do this in your jim-jams. You'll get grease everywhere.

 

About every 3 months as I take my bus to Bristol, I do the rear brake adjustment. If it has to hold on a 1 in 3 for a hill start it has to be spot on...
The problem with skimming a brake drum to make it round is that its making it thinner where it has warped in. So its even more likely to warp in future.
I would just replace the drums once they get too uneven, but it also has to be said I replaced the OG drums on mine because oo look they sell brake drums in 2010, and then warped those replacements by overdoing the adjustments ( not turning the wheel a complete turn so I tightened the screws on the low point of the drum) . Went back to the OG drums still stashed away and used them until the outer thin lip that goes over the backing plate started rusting off (MOT advisory , 2021) Now on new drums still actually round, so I am able to get the adjusters so its just dragging for a full rotation. Handbrake works well..
I find I do the brake drum adjusters almost twice as often as the tappets.

 

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Sounds like the culpret to me - seized cable which has now caused you to set the shoes wrong. They are reasonably cheap for what they are - I'd replace both.

 

Been doing a fair bit the last couple of weeks, and making some long overdue progress, got the underside painted in Raptor today, which feels good, I’m turning a corner now!

Will have the suspension on in a few days time when it’s hardened up enough, then hopefully back on it’s wheels which hasn’t happened in about 3 years!



Time for a couple of beers, with the most expensive bottle opener in the world!


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Looks great
Just be aware that raptor takes longer to fully cure than you would imagine