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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: maracus on 17 August 2010, 23:50:40

Title: rear brake shoe securing pins
Post by: maracus on 17 August 2010, 23:50:40

Hi,

after a strange clunking started, i removed the rear wheel and brake disk, to find the handbrake shoe securing clip things had pulled out from the backplate.

 :-? Are these plates easy to replace without hub removal (cant be arsed with that) or is there a recommended bodge technique??

ta  :y

Title: Re: rear brake shoe securing pins
Post by: Kneepad on 18 August 2010, 00:05:46

I had the same problem last week, use a drift or screwdriver and hammer and knock back the edges of the hole in the backplate that have pulled through. File the part of the pin that goes through the hole so that it is resembles more of an arrowhead ^ the backedges of the arrowhead will grip better.
This worked for me. Good luck with it

Title: Re: rear brake shoe securing pins
Post by: maracus on 18 August 2010, 16:25:52

Quote

I had the same problem last week, use a drift or screwdriver and hammer and knock back the edges of the hole in the backplate that have pulled through. File the part of the pin that goes through the hole so that it is resembles more of an arrowhead ^ the backedges of the arrowhead will grip better.
This worked for me. Good luck with it

Cheers will give it a go  :y ;D

Title: Re: rear brake shoe securing pins
Post by: Matchless on 18 August 2010, 16:57:04

If the above doesnt work, try one of the spring top caps off the earlier brake (the ones I used were off Hillman Imp or Ford Escoort MKII but were the same as the early Omega ones), but fit it behind the backplate.
The front one has to be ground / filed to a D shape to fit iirc.