AJofShabby
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If only I’d known! Thanks.
dag019
Well-Known Member
Its easier to remove the shoes fitted to the vehicle as you have something solid to pull against the stretch the springs, then remove it! The expander and adjust are both very basic and can easily be stripped cleaned and lubricated, but as mentioned before be careful to reassemble things in the correct orientation or it will no work! If you end up needing to buy new parts it may be worth considering an x-eng disc brake conversion. I fitted one to mine last time I needed to rebuild the handbrake. i was lucky in that I found mine second hand, but at the time it only cost me slightly more than replacing with new the shoes, expander, spring shim, and adjuster would have.
Edit: I do not know what the cost of the parts new would be but it looks like the price of the xbrake has gone up
. mine cost me 75 second hand and what ever a new set of the jcb pads werehttps://foundry4x4.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56
Flossie
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That's a good point ref having the backplate located to get the shoes back on as I recall it takes some leverage to locate them.Its easier to remove the shoes fitted to the vehicle as you have something solid to pull against the stretch the springs, then remove it! The expander and adjust are both very basic and can easily be stripped cleaned and lubricated, but as mentioned before be careful to reassemble things in the correct orientation or it will no work! If you end up needing to buy new parts it may be worth considering an x-eng disc brake conversion. I fitted one to mine last time I needed to rebuild the handbrake. i was lucky in that I found mine second hand, but at the time it only cost me slightly more than replacing with new the shoes, expander, spring shim, and adjuster would have.
Edit: I do not know what the cost of the parts new would be but it looks like the price of the xbrake has gone up
https://foundry4x4.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=56
I found a method to do it on the bench however I can't remember how but it worked great.
Not much help I know but it's such a joy to clean everything up and reassemble on the bench, just need to hold that backplate somehow when fitting the shoes.
It wouldn't actually be hard to knock up a simple jig, bit of flat plate with 2 or 4 holes matching the backplate mounting holes, weld that to a bit of square bar that you can clamp in a vice and bolt the backplate to it.
If I remember I'll knock something up next time I've got it off.
Unless someone knows the bolt centres? Then I'll knock one up today before I forget
Flossie
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AJofShabby
Member
Well. That was fun. Both adjuster and expander were absolutely locked solid. Removed. Cleaned. (Thanks for tip about removing the whole backplate). All cleaned up. Didn’t need a backplate holder. Simply used long nose mile grips thru the central holes and locked onto the jaws of the vice. Worked well. A few ramblings to follow. Need to change fluids tomorrow.
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dag019
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that looks much nicer. is everything now moving as it should? while it is in the vice like that you should be able to see the shoes move if you pull on the connecting rod to actuate the expander.
AJofShabby
Member
All finally functioning. Now onto the next problem. Thanks for the advice.
