Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Rear Brakes

Decided to have a look at the rear brakes and also check to see if there was any obvious problem with the wheel bearings, rotoflex coupling and UJ's.



Using the trusty jack that came with the car I remove the wheels and then the brake drums. I tweaked the manual adjuster to ensure no additional drag and to be honest the wheel bearings appear to be fine with no noise or additional play. The rotoflex couplings although a bit weathered are also okay and completely intact. There is a very slight amount of backlash when rotating the hub before the diff UJ moves, approx 2mm of movement I would say. Don't know if this is normal or if this indicates UJ wear so I will have to look into this. The brake shoes themselves also look good with plenty of life left in them. Also realised that I don't have Koni shocks all the way round as the rears are actually Spax with Koni just on the front. Also managed to get some grease into the handbrake cable guides.


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