Sorry guys to ask. I have 1980 swb and just checking my front brakes. I am a bit confused about the red top spring you gave spoken about. My springs were fitted differently from off side and nearside. Now from the diagrams posted am I right in saying that the red spring goes from behind the brake adjuster cam plate, to the stud on the backplate.? If that is the case what does it actually do for the braking.
steve2286w
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Have you got the 10” drums on front or the 11” twin leading shoes perhaps post a pic with drum off
Thanks Steve. Since posting I gave found a good line drawing from British auto parts, which shows where the springs fit. All the manuals do not show a good picture and as i posted it seems that you connect the spring behind the cam and the post on the backplate. This Landy was meant be a nut and bolt strip and rebuild. ( Yea right) but i think i havebit now. Thanks. I will try to post onhere. Click on the link will take you the drawing. I hope. https://www.britishautoparts.com.au/brake_shoes___springs___88___swb_
steve2286w
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The spring goes from the backplate onto the stud on the shoe which keeps it tight onto the cam adjuster,
Must be getting to the end of the rebuild hopefully if sorting brakes nice to see some pics of what you been up to
Must be getting to the end of the rebuild hopefully if sorting brakes nice to see some pics of what you been up to
Tall Ratbag
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It's more of a problem with 109 front brakes.
The idea is that if you have an air bubble in the slave cylinder which isn't flushed out during bleeding,, then, the best way to deal with it is to push the piston(s) back as far as possible to force the bubble out of the slave cylinder.
For 109 front brakes it allows the brakes to bleed very well and very easily [avoids the complete nonsense of re-routing the brake pipes]
