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| Stilldrillin:
Beating the rear drums off takes me back Darren! I always had Fords....... Cortina, Capri, Escort..... Old ones! ::) 1968....... I started toolroom turning on nightshift, at a local engineering firm, & quickly found it was my (government) job to skim the other employee`s brake drums...... I also quickly found they had to be mounted on a mandrell, as gripping on the o/d gave a square bore & more judder than the original problem! :doh: David D |
| jatt:
Its probably not what u wanted to hear John, but my XH handbrake is the best one on any car I have owned to date. Can only assume your rear discs look physically ok. I'm sure u know ur way around a set of discs, so I wont insult u further. Only issues I have with mine at present is the overflow bottle has a small crack at the top and theres a small leak somewhere around the exhaust at the engine end. If I could find a good spot to put an aftermarket bottle (the orginal is over $200 AUD) I would be very happy. |
| Darren:
--- Quote from: ieezitin on February 22, 2010, 09:02:50 PM --- Drum brakes don’t work. Never have never will. --- End quote --- Mine do, if you leave the handbrake on and drive off the car just drags its back wheels. You won't get far though cos you really know about it. It will not reverse at all, just lifts the back end up and you go no where. If they didn't work they would not have worn this huge lip :) The car is capable of carrying a ton (1000kg) in the back so it needs proper brakes. (actually rated for 900kg) We still have drums on the back because it's illegal to have hydraulic handbrakes in case you have a weep. That tiny weep could an has caused some serious accidents. I think now some cars have a mechanic cable system to operate the rear parking brake on the disk. The early ones were dreadful I seem to remember. |
| AdeV:
Drum brakes are great where braking forces are slight, and holding requirements are high; i.e. they're ideal for handbrakes (e-brakes) and rear brakes in normal road use. Performance cars, or just plain heavy cars, are better off with discs all round, but most (maybe all) will retain a small drum for the handbrake, as Darren mentions. Not sure if that's because a disc handbrake is illegal; but because the holding force of a disc brake is feeble relative to drums; and, if your brakes are hot when you park up & apply the handbrake, as they cool the disc shrinks, the handbrake force gets less & less, and eventually the car rolls off down the hill... I recall Dad telling me about the first time he drove his mini after fitting disc brakes all round, and sailing out of the first junction he came to because, whilst the discs slowed him from 60 to 10 brilliantly, they just couldn't do the last 10mph... |
| Shepherduke:
Darren, a question from a newcomer. Was there a reason for not doing the job on a lathe? I know that sometimes a brake drum will not be concentric after a while and ovality is an issue. Was this the reason?ATB Kevin |
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