Brake advice

[beinet1]

Originally Posted by SD1too

It really doesn't matter Craig. What is more important is the care you will take when carrying out the work. Brush all the brake dust off the calipers and finish with brake cleaner spray. Inspect the piston for corrosion. Remove the caliper sliding pins, clean them up and smear lightly with red brake grease (any good motor factor sells it). Use a torque wrench on the fixing bolts.

I don't often disagree with beinet1 but on handbrake shoes I do! They shouldn't be worn at all because they only hold the car stationary, so leave them alone if they're working. You can remove the drum and dust it out by all means, but remember that the readjustment will be fiddly and annoying. Sorry Einar.

Simon

Skip the shoes, and you will see that you may have lost the handbrake The radius on the old shoes will not fit the new unworn drums giving a bad bite. Old shoes may also loose their brake lining due to corrosion, so replacing them for this reason is no bad idea. I have seen this on other makes where the brake linings has torn apart everything inside the drum when lost and I have also experienced "lost handbrake" when replacing only the shoes or drums. Its not that big extra expence, so just replace everything when first in there

Thats only my advice based on my own experience

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by beinet1

The radius on the old shoes will not fit the new unworn drums giving a bad bite.

That's an interesting point Einar; thanks.

Simon

[bl52krz]

Fitted Pagid pads and get less brake dust than the original pads. still got the same discs on after 81000 miles. must be doing something right. perhaps it's my driving style.

[Mike Noc]

Mine too: 156k on first pair of rear discs, 131k on the second pair and the third pair have done 80k so far.