Handbrake shoes
Discussion
Made a start on the disassembly of the rear suspension yesterday, and as two of the bushes are in the upright that's going to have to come off, which means taking the handbrake assembly apart.
Seems like an idea opportunity to get the barely functioning handbrake working properly, so if anyone can give me guidance on what to adjust when I put it all back together to make the handbrake actually apply some meaningful grip to the rear hubs, that'd be great.
Or, to put it in a slightly more pessimistic way - anything I should watch out for in handbrake disassembly/re-assembly that'd make me loose what little handbrake use I already have?
Seems like an idea opportunity to get the barely functioning handbrake working properly, so if anyone can give me guidance on what to adjust when I put it all back together to make the handbrake actually apply some meaningful grip to the rear hubs, that'd be great.
Or, to put it in a slightly more pessimistic way - anything I should watch out for in handbrake disassembly/re-assembly that'd make me loose what little handbrake use I already have?
Not to bad a job to do, from what I can remember, this is how you do it.
Get a new set of brake shoes, it's not worth re-fitting the old ones.
Take a Photo of the assembled shoes before you remove them. Make a note of the position of the 2 springs, so you know if the longer one goes on the top or bottom.
make sure the h'brale is not on.
Underneath the car, on the drivers side, just forward of the rear diff, loosen off the knurled plastic adjusting nut.
Remove the old shoes by untwisting the 2 clips on each shoe through 90 Degrees. Then disconnect the nipple on the end of the cable, from the top pivot mechanism - making a mental note of which way found it fits.
Now fit the new shoes. Fit one shoe using both clips, on the second shoe just fit the bottom clip.
Feed the brake cable through the hole at the top of the back plate, making sure the outer casing of the cable butts up tightly. Fit the nipple into the pivot mechanism.
Pivot the loose shoe into position so it fits into the notches at the top, then secure with the remaing clip.
Fit the ratchet adjuster.
Re-fit the 2 springs at the top and bottom.
Re fit the Disk assembly.
Repeat for the other side.
Tighten up the plastic adjuster near the diff.
Then use the adjuster to expand the brake shoes, and keep doing it untill the Brake just begins to bind.
Hope this helps
Get a new set of brake shoes, it's not worth re-fitting the old ones.
Take a Photo of the assembled shoes before you remove them. Make a note of the position of the 2 springs, so you know if the longer one goes on the top or bottom.
make sure the h'brale is not on.
Underneath the car, on the drivers side, just forward of the rear diff, loosen off the knurled plastic adjusting nut.
Remove the old shoes by untwisting the 2 clips on each shoe through 90 Degrees. Then disconnect the nipple on the end of the cable, from the top pivot mechanism - making a mental note of which way found it fits.
Now fit the new shoes. Fit one shoe using both clips, on the second shoe just fit the bottom clip.
Feed the brake cable through the hole at the top of the back plate, making sure the outer casing of the cable butts up tightly. Fit the nipple into the pivot mechanism.
Pivot the loose shoe into position so it fits into the notches at the top, then secure with the remaing clip.
Fit the ratchet adjuster.
Re-fit the 2 springs at the top and bottom.
Re fit the Disk assembly.
Repeat for the other side.
Tighten up the plastic adjuster near the diff.
Then use the adjuster to expand the brake shoes, and keep doing it untill the Brake just begins to bind.
Hope this helps
Nefarious said:
Where did you get your replacements from?
There seem to be some suggestion that they're Peugeot 605 items (The APEC part numbers Ireland posted in the equivelant parts thread are for a 605, butBuffon reported that 605 ones were too wide)
I found the same, so to be on the safe side I ordered them from hereThere seem to be some suggestion that they're Peugeot 605 items (The APEC part numbers Ireland posted in the equivelant parts thread are for a 605, butBuffon reported that 605 ones were too wide)
Brake _Shoes
They're from a Jag XJS. Interesting thing I found out doing when mine is that the AP shoes have too hard a compound which is part of the reason why the handbrake struggles. The guys at X-works up in Blackpool mentioned this when I was ring round trying to source some rear discs. Where RG were most useful was as a Jag dealer they carried the bayonet style retaining pins that hold the shoes to the hub. The weapon of choice for getting these pins out is a 5mm ball end allen socket as they're obstructed and you can't get at them head on.
Steve.
Steve.
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