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[Ste84]

Hi all,

I'm still messing about putting my rear brake shoes on. When I first started I couldn't get the drum back over the new shoes on the passenger side so I -

Slackened the hand brake - the parts move freely when pressed so I'm presuming that it isn't seized.

Completely slackened the adjusters.

Still couldn't get them on so I started on the driver’s side. Got this one done fine and tried it out with the drum from the passenger side, it works fine so It can't be the drum causing the problem on the passenger side.

Any ideas

Ste

[mini-mad-dan]

are these new shoes? if so they sit opposite as in one up one down(i messed this up and the drum wont fit)

[Ste84]

Hi mate,

Yeah thare new shoes. Pretty sure I've got them the right way round, I've looked at loads of diagrams and the side I've managed to sorted is fine. Would bleeding the brake do anything do you recon?

[Grayedout]

Is there a rusty crusty edge on the inside of the drum ?? This may need just carefully sanding off.

[minipip]

iv had this problem recently, with failing the MOT 5 times on my rear brakes, if u can just undo the ajuster untill its not doing nething anymore then its a case is putting the drum on straight, VERY straight, and lots of BFI. thne fight with getting the studs lined up LOL

B)

[m1n1]

Sometimes these cheap brake shoes have to much lining on them. I've had this problem with my mini AND my landrover, you can't really sand them down with sandpaper... tried that! sanding the inside of the drum won't help much either. unfortunatley the only solution i could see without getting replacement shoes was to drive around, with the drums running very tight. this is not very good, as they do get quite hot.