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Figured I'd start a new thread on this...
Despite passing the MOT yesterday, on the drive home from Perth, the rear drums began to make a groaning noise. I'd touch the brake pedal & it'd stop. Only to start again shortly afterwards.
Today I jacked it up, removed the wheels and the drums. The offside brake piston had leaked fluid all over the shoes & they were clearly not binding against the drum. By contrast the other nearside drum outer paintwork (red hammerite) was discoloured to a brown around the outer edge; it must have got pretty hot for that to happen. It otherwise seemed ok no leaks.
So I began to strip the offside brake components and now have the shoes removed and the pipes removed from the back & the handbrake disconnected too. I am stuck on removing the actual piston... I removed a rear rubber boot which was around it and there seems to be a flat metal rim on the area where the pipes screw in..? Can some kind Soul illuminate me on how to remove the piston from this stage?
This looks like a replacement part.. but I think I need to measure the one I have to be sure...
I think I will replace both rear pistons and shoes in one go..
One step forward, two steps back...
Despite passing the MOT yesterday, on the drive home from Perth, the rear drums began to make a groaning noise. I'd touch the brake pedal & it'd stop. Only to start again shortly afterwards.
Today I jacked it up, removed the wheels and the drums. The offside brake piston had leaked fluid all over the shoes & they were clearly not binding against the drum. By contrast the other nearside drum outer paintwork (red hammerite) was discoloured to a brown around the outer edge; it must have got pretty hot for that to happen. It otherwise seemed ok no leaks.
So I began to strip the offside brake components and now have the shoes removed and the pipes removed from the back & the handbrake disconnected too. I am stuck on removing the actual piston... I removed a rear rubber boot which was around it and there seems to be a flat metal rim on the area where the pipes screw in..? Can some kind Soul illuminate me on how to remove the piston from this stage?
This looks like a replacement part.. but I think I need to measure the one I have to be sure...
I think I will replace both rear pistons and shoes in one go..
One step forward, two steps back...
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