A few months back I had a topic open for issues with the drum brakes on my Mini Clubman estate, after a classic specialist garage totally destroyed them.
I am now £700 lighter and have replaced the following - Master Cylinder and pipe work, Brake compensator valve, all flexis, Minispares drum to 7.5" disc conversion - swapped out bearings for gen Timken, new tie bars and bushes, both front tyres new, new lower arm bushes, new track rod ends, and about 2 gallons of brake fluid.
The car brakes much better than with drums all round, however it pulls to the left, this become wild when trying to do a controlled emergency stop (the wheel skids and locks up and feels like it is going in under the car!). I have stripped both front brake setups, confirming the caliper pistons all move freely. Calipers have been checked for tightness against the hub. I have jammed the brake pedal lightly with a piece of wood and both front wheels seem to require similar efforts to rotate, and when the brake pedal is jammed hard with a piece of wood the wheels both are impossible to turn. The rear wheels however dont seem to have much braking effort, I can turn these by hand with difficulty when the pedal is jammed down - adjusters, adjusted to one quarter turn back from wheel locked.
Any one got any advise?, at the moment Im approx. 100 hrs into this and haven’t been able to use the car since December. Im even contemplating handing the job over to the one and only garage I trust down the road, but they are £80 per hours now!
Thanks,
Olie