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hotel21

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Re: Handbrake
« Reply #15 on: 29 February 2008, 18:40:25 »
Biggest problem may well be the disc removal.  The handbrake shoes can wear a lip inside the drum portion which prevents removal, despite winding them as far back as possible.  If you insist on forcing the drum off, easy to break the friction material from the backplates.

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Re: Handbrake
« Reply #16 on: 29 February 2008, 18:47:05 »
With the cable wound off and the centre adjuster wound right off then the disc should clear the shoes with no problem. :-/
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Re: Handbrake
« Reply #17 on: 29 February 2008, 20:40:49 »
It's easy enough but you must fully slacken off the shoes and cable.  Be prepared for some skinned knuckles though!  :'(

Also, it really helps loads the higher the car is, crawling around on gravel was damn painful!  ;)

Plus I should add that after 96k my shoes literally fell apart when I removed the hubs, luckily for me a mate took me to my 'local' factor 15 miles away for some new one's....
« Last Edit: 29 February 2008, 20:43:32 by hol666 »
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