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05-02-13, 08:14 PM | #1 |
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Drum brakes
Currently doing the drum brakes on my 106.
Think I prefer discs! What a pig of a job. |
05-02-13, 08:33 PM | #2 |
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Re: Drum brakes
They are ok once you've done a few, does the 106 have self adjusting mechanisms?
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05-02-13, 08:38 PM | #3 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Yeah. It's the first time I've touched them. Springs everywhere! I want to learn more about them...
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05-02-13, 08:40 PM | #4 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Why, just why do they put these brakes on modern cars
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05-02-13, 08:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Drum brakes
One word of advice, take a pic on your phone before starting so you can see where everything goes and /or take both rear wheels off and use the one side as reference.
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05-02-13, 08:53 PM | #6 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Because they are pennies to buy and make. then they can charge you more when it comes to servicing the brakes and replacing the linings.
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05-02-13, 09:39 PM | #8 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Yep!
17 inch rims over 6 inch drums (or discs) do it for me every time.
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06-02-13, 10:42 AM | #9 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Several reasons, of which the two most important are that they're cheap to make and last a long time which reduces overall cost to owner, and it's still the most convenient brake to attach a handbrake mechanism to.
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06-02-13, 10:45 AM | #10 |
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Re: Drum brakes
Drum brakes are great. If you're whinging about them you obviously haven't had a proper bloody scrap trying to wind the piston back on some handbrake disc calipers.
Grind off the wear lip if they've had some use... this makes them a lot easier to get on and off and set up. Next mistake is trying to do all adjustment at the cable instead of inside.
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