WOT NO Brakes!!!!!!!

[theduck]

Well it started off pretty normal, now I haven't had a sunday off for ages but toady I am not working so I thought I would adjust the handbrake NO problem -killingme- after all it's in the clubs downloads and I've done it before so following the instructions all is going well until I get to paragragh 5 :| where it say if it won't come off get two 8mm bolts to jack the drum off :roll: OH dear I don't have two 8mm bolts so I jumped on the bike, pedalled off to Halfrauds (1mile each way to and from) on my return I get the drum off OH dear :!: :?: :| what a mess the brake cylinder is leaking like a goodun :cry:. .and also the springs have come away and the shoes are at a very strange angle So I tried a couple of the motor factors in the area ALL CLOSED and it's before 12 OH Dear any way got hold of STS tyres they can do the job Monday about £100 (ish) inc parts.

I don't feel confident to change the shoes myself so I am going to put it in the garage, they reckon about £35 for the brake cylinder from a local motor factor, but if I want to wait till Tuesday brakes international want about £15 + P+P :roll: , sometimes I just wish I didn't start any jobs :twisted:

[Deleted Member S]

Hi Duck sorry to hear & TBH a bit shocked 8O you've been lucky :roll: I paid £9 for my wheel cylinder a few months back & it was dead east to change it. I have'nt replace the shoes yet but I don't think they will be to bad to do :roll:

[johnston_evo3]

i just done mine not too hard just take your time and watch were all the springs go (mobile phone cameras come in handy ;) )

but 35quid bit steep i paid 16 for last 1 think 1 b4 was cheaper but had to go to different motor factors as it was a sunday and i was b**loXed with out it!

[jace]

if shoes not to worn or damaged just wash em with warm soapy water itll wash brake fluid off youll have pulled them off mounts etc jacking cylinder off i bet they wear groove round drum and pull shoes off

[Terranosaurus]

Neat washing up liquid to degrease em then wash with water, dry thoroughly, then meths to shift anything really stubborn, failing those deagreaser does a good job obviously.

[wildbri]

you have my sympathy, I did the same, pulled the shoe off with drum which pulled the piston out of the cylinder, hence the fluid on the shoes. I replaced the cylinder and washed the shoes but I suppose I could have just pushed the cylinder back in. Mine cost £22 from local factor. regards bri :smile:

[theduck]

I have now ordered 2 cylinders from brakes international in rochdale they will be here in the morning :smile: Don't want to chance it going wrong whilst over on the continent this year . We have 3 trips booked, Holland in Feb, Belguim in March, and going back to Ca Savio Italy in the summer :smile: , I will try to fit work in between :roll: :smile:

[theduck]

Well the parts arrived OK now hows this for bad luck .........garage phone to say part in but got the wrong ones 8O the garage said I need ones with oval fitting on the back the ones the arrived are round :twisted: so I rang brakes int and told them hesaid :oops: I'll sort it :smile: then told me that the parts would be in garage at about 15.30 hrs garage now to busy so I said 1st thing tomorrow :?: dunno mate we got a service at 10.00 :wink: but they open at 08.00 :roll: so what are they doing for two hours :?: they said dought wehter they do it in 2hrs :?: :?: so I have taken the truck to another garage and he said you will have it by ten :smile:

Now what I can't get my head around is, if my car is already there why take on someone elses in fron t of me ain;'t my money good enough :?: :!: :?: :!: :?: :!:

[Deleted Member S]

Where I used to work your truck would have been stripped that night ready for the parts to go on in the morning so I can't understand why they have said what they have & if there 1st job is at 10 there would be loads of time to do it

[theduck]

Sacked that garage :smile: made a note to my self not to go back, found another that my mechanic who was to busy reccomended just so happens he's a geordy bloke and knows what he's talking about and likes 4x4s and american cars trucks :smile: .

I think sweety that is what most garages would have done, stripped the night before so ready for parts in the morning, not these bone heads :twisted: :evil: and as for booking another service 8O :!:

it all comes down to the 5 Ps ....poor planning prevents poor performance 8) :smile: