Rear brakes

[elty001]

The terrano failed the mot yesterday on drivers side handbrake not holding good enough.
No problem I thought,just a simple adjustment job.
How wrong was I.
Cable had seized and stretched and was barely moving.
Checked the spares in the shed and found a good cable so proceeded to change it.
Had to chisel the old one out as it had rusted solid into the brake back plate.
Some choice words and hammering later it was off:thumb2
Fitted the new cable and put the shoes back in and got into adjusting them up.
Removed the wear lip on the edge of the drum with the angle grinder with an 80 grit sanding pad.
Cleaned and oiled up the adjusters so nice and free.
Had already slackened the cable at the handbrake lever.
Got them set so the drums slid back on,pumped the foot brake about 10 times to centralize everything.
Checked the rear wheels would turn and all good.
Took the slack out of the cable and tried the handbrake.
Was holding both sides and releasing so I thought job done.
Put it back together and road tested it round the block and the drivers side handbrake is not holding again
Starting to do my head in why it wont hold after a bit of a drive.???

 

[solarman216]

on my old off road motor I drilled a 10 mm hole in the drum so I could adjust with the drum on, be surprised what a difference that made, I am guessing that it is not adjusted up enough, Rick

 

[elty001]

That's my thoughts also Rick.
My old petrol terrano had the hole in the back plate with a rubber bung in it so you could adjust without the need to even remove the wheels or drums.
So much easier:thumb2

 

[elty001]

Hopefully found the problem with the rear brakes.
Lever on rear shoe is hitting the casting in the centre of the backplate before it's making full contact with the drum.
Ordered a set of blue print shoes to replace these and fingers crossed this will solve it:thumb2

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Hopefully found the problem with the rear brakes.
Lever on rear shoe is hitting the casting in the centre of the backplate before it's making full contact with the drum.
Ordered a set of blue print shoes to replace these and fingers crossed this will solve it:thumb2

If it doesn't we need some pics mate, I used mintex on mine and had no probs!

 

[elty001]

If it doesn't we need some pics mate, I used mintex on mine and had no probs!

The shoes I have on now are blue print .
Fitted them while on holiday in Wales about 6 years ago after the bosch ones broke apart and locked up the back end.
Been fine until recently but looking at the state of the handbrake cable I think they haven't been releasing properly and worn the trailing shoe a fair bit.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

The shoes I have on now are blue print .
Fitted them while on holiday in Wales about 6 years ago after the bosch ones broke apart and locked up the back end.
Been fine until recently but looking at the state of the handbrake cable I think they haven't been releasing properly and worn the trailing shoe a fair bit.

I'm sure you'll sort it bud, have you got a diagram or owt?

 

[elty001]

I'm sure you'll sort it bud, have you got a diagram or owt?

No diagram needed mate.
Have done the rear brakes on these many times.
Two different set ups with the adjusters and a couple of different sized shoes.
Just never had this problem before.
Hopefully these bad boys will sort it out:thumb2

 

[elty001]

And some cake:lol:lol

 

[solarman216]

When you do the job take both sides off together and compare wear on the adjusting rod where it contacts the HB fulcrum, have seen bad wear at this point in the past but unless you compare a good one with a bad one you might not notice it, Rick

 

[elty001]

Will have a look at that Rick:thumb2:thumb2

 

[elty001]

Just fitted new rear shoes and all is good and handbrake holding as it should.
This was the issue.

Lever for handbrake on trailing shoe was hitting the casting.

 

[elty001]

New beasties fitted :thumb2:thumb2

Hopefully get it in for the re test tomorrow

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Awesome, how was the cake?

 

[elty001]

Awesome, how was the cake?

:thumbs:lol:lol
Very nice mate.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Ohhh fingers, NICE

 

[Banshee]

Ohhh fingers, NICE

Leave Elty's fingers alone!!! He's a good welder :lol :lol

 

[elty001]

Ohhh fingers, NICE

The mrs does get creative with her baking.:lol

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Leave Elty's fingers alone!!! He's a good welder :lol :lol

I do like a nibble

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

The mrs does get creative with her baking.:lol

Homemade too, will she do one shaped like a Terrano? :lol