bit of an update.. I phoned craddocks who supplied the drums and they told me the pedal pulsing was down to not doing the shoes at the same time as the drums. so i ordered new shoes all round from craddocks, the shoes came and i fitted them, but no joy still pulsing! so i put the old drums...

another idea i had was looking at the 109 master cylinder and whther that would fit? theory being it would move more fluid in one push cos slightly bigger bore , I once had a success on a suzuki Gsxr600 with weak brakes when i put a GSXR750 master cylinder on the bigger bikes master sharpened...

thanks for all the help so far guys i will try the idea about centering them with no screws, on the leading and trailing shoe idea this is what i initially thought however on close inspection I cannot pair them up this way as out of the 4 shoes with the gap before the material starts (which you...

yip cleaned off the grease... one ting is i hadn't got many drum securing screws left on my vehicle if the machining on the drums was **** then i supose its possible they are going on cockeyed but each drum has at least one screw, theyaint expensive so i'll get some .. again doubtul it'll solve...

yeah done that on every adjuster lots of times, not sure what else to do! going to buy a new master cylinder cos they are cheap and see what happens with the pumping up.. but that won't sort the pulsing ..

so the difference is the length of pad material on the shoe. one set has a gap before the material starts the other set has more diameter of material tried swapping them about front to rear but pump is the same can't find any pics of newly fitted shoes to get some idea, craddocks list front...

got to admit haven't tried the wheel bearings so thank at least thats something i can look at for the pulsing. as for pumping looking at new master cylinders on ebay can get one for just over £20 so could try a new master cylinder i guess... the pads in front and rear are definately different...

hi tried the cams on all 4 wheels they all adjusted up fine, still a mystery i'm afraid

drums brand new from craddocks who i thought were a top landrover specialist although my luck is such there are probably cheap chinese ****e...haven't thought of wheel bearings yet so will check them, might try putting old drums back on one at a time as i swear pulsing has got worse since new...

yes tried clamping the flexi that goes to the rear the pedal was harder but brakes were rubbish. eventually the fluid pushed past the clamp and locked the back brakes. result was inconclusive as clamping off two cylinders is bound to reduce pedal travel. it still pulsed but not as much. anyone...

yes i saw that post and tried a G clamp on them, bled each in turn, to start with I clamped them so far it must pushed the pistons past the bleed nipple cos they would not bleed so i slackened it off a bit and bled them, made no difference to the pedal ready to torch it......

Hello all I am a newbie to landies but (so I thought fairly mechanically minded....) I'm looking for ideas with my series 3SWB brakes as the are pulsing and pumping up.. I got teh series 3 about a month ago and noticed the brakes wer crap and pumped up.. no worries I thought bleed them...

Hello all I am a newbie to landies but (so I thought fairly mechanically minded....) I'm looking for ideas with my series 3SWB brakes as the are pulsing and pumping up.. I got teh series 3 about a month ago and noticed the brakes wer crap and pumped up.. no worries I thought bleed them...