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Rear brake drum

JoJo2222
JoJo2222
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Hey,

What’s missing from this drum set up? The hand brake is crap and the shoe lever is rubbin on the inside of the drum.... you can see the wear on the lever.

any help is appreciated. 

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    It looks like the adjustment has been missing for quite some time lol

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    Stef123, 

    can you clarify what you mean?

    many thanks

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    The self adjuster hasn’t been adjusting, the lever shouldn’t be travelling that far. Has someone been tightening the handbrake by the adjusting screw inside the car by any chance?

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    Ah right I get you. 

    Yes the handbrake has been tightened recently. 

    Alrhough if you slacken it right off the level does not move back.

    could this be a problem with the cable?

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    It may well be but those shoes need completely stripped and rebuilt on both sides. In doing that the cables can be checked too. 

    Common misconseption is that tightening the handbrake cable inside the car is all that's required. In most cases it needs adjusting inside the drum first.  

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    May not apply, but father in law had a similar problem on a Rover -  Without dis-assembling anything, I backed off the cable adjustment completely, then stood on the footbrake - Auto adjustment then took up the slack, and then re-adjusted the cable.

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