TooMany2cvs
Active Member
A slightly odd, but probably very straightforward question tonight...
I've got all the brakes buttoned back up, and all seem to be happy. BUT... the rears are a bit over-enthusiastic when you turn the wheel backwards. They'll go, at most, half a rotation, then they stop. Most of the time, they pick up almost immediately. They turn forwards until the cows come home, though.
At a guess, the top edge of the rear shoe is picking up on the drum and biting - because the hold-off spring is less than strong. It really is a bit half-hearted, tbh. It'll hold the shoe against the cylinder quite happily, but not a lot more. It's certainly not a patch on any of the other springs in the brakes.
Do I have some seriously time-expired springs? Are they located wrongly, very near the lower pivot? They appear to be right, going by the parts book and workshop manual PDFs.
Or will just chamfering the top edge of the shoe persuade it?
('80 88")
I've got all the brakes buttoned back up, and all seem to be happy. BUT... the rears are a bit over-enthusiastic when you turn the wheel backwards. They'll go, at most, half a rotation, then they stop. Most of the time, they pick up almost immediately. They turn forwards until the cows come home, though.
At a guess, the top edge of the rear shoe is picking up on the drum and biting - because the hold-off spring is less than strong. It really is a bit half-hearted, tbh. It'll hold the shoe against the cylinder quite happily, but not a lot more. It's certainly not a patch on any of the other springs in the brakes.
Do I have some seriously time-expired springs? Are they located wrongly, very near the lower pivot? They appear to be right, going by the parts book and workshop manual PDFs.
Or will just chamfering the top edge of the shoe persuade it?
('80 88")
