Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 02:29 pm, by: Matthew Weaver(Spinna)
i did and i didn't see any 2 small bolts only round crome things inside with a spring loaded i try'd pushing it in but nothing happed? so it has be stuffed
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 03:52 pm, by: Matthew Weaver(Spinna)
are yeah now i get yeah i have but its not coming off i screwed in the hole and its just moving in and out and now one of my clips at the back for the hand brake has pop'd out and now i think i've broken the f**ker lol dame it its like its hold by a spring any idea?
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 06:26 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Did you back off the tension on your hand brake shoes? One of the 5 holes gives you access to a 'turnbuckle' which adjusts the shoes in and out. Yours could have enough tension that the shoes are biting against the drum. It is also possible that the shoe has rusted/seized against the drum. which is why you may need a (rubber) hammer to lightly tap the rotor off.
Don't worry about the spring falling out- you need to remove that if you change the brake shoes anyhow. You can put it back in once the drum/disc is off.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 07:14 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
You use a screw driver to turn it and yes it will make a, um, spring under tension sound. Kinda like a twang. I don't remember off the top of my head which way is which, but you'll know you are going the wrong way if the disc/drum tightens up and you can no longer rotate it.
Don Bagnall or one of the guys might have an exploded picture for you so you can see how it all goes together.
I can highly reccommend you contact Jeff Harper and get hold of one of his 'Soarer Bibles'- a combination of the translated japanese and american workshop manuals. Very informative.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 08:05 pm, by: Matthew Weaver(Spinna)
i got it off with me and my mechanic it was hard but it was rusted as hell but i just found out i need handbrake shoes are they easy to install on my mechanic said there real p***ks to install on
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 08:31 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
I haven't installed new brake shoes, but I have removed and refitted mine to do the wheel bearing. I can't think of any part of the job that was hard at all. I just laid it out in the order it came off and replaced it all in the opposite direction.
Tell your mechanic to grow a set, LOL.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 08:41 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Seriously mate, you seem the type to have a crack yourself. I reckon you need to get a copy of the Soarer bible and you'll never look back. Step by ste for a lot of minor and major repairs. p
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - 08:47 pm, by: Matthew Weaver(Spinna)
thank you mate yeah i might get that but i've got the rotor off it was rusted as hell the handbrake shoes where stuck on the rotor so i had to bash it off with a hammer and get a flat head and use that while i was bashing it and it came off but the i bent the pin for the hand brake shoes so i took out the pin put it back in shape and all good but now i have to wait for my brakes auto barn got the wrong ones so have to wait
Thursday, March 04, 2010 - 12:02 am, by: Matthew Weaver(Spinna)
LMAO his a stupid p***k anyway he told me i need handbrake shoes mind you after he blasted the crap out of me cause he hates import and said i'm stupid for buying this car and all that crap i just told him to p*ss off then i found out after i order them that i dont' bloody need them so he dose need to grow not a set but more like a brain and leave me the f***k alone lol but mind you i've had the car for 2 years and he still hates me for it lol but they why i think of it he didn't pay for it i did so i don't know why he has to keep acting like a little kid
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and now i think i've broken the f**ker lol dame it its like its hold by a spring any idea?
but i've got the rotor off it was rusted as hell the handbrake shoes where stuck on the rotor so i had to bash it off with a hammer and get a flat head and use that while i was bashing it and it came off but the i bent the pin for the hand brake shoes so i took out the pin put it back in shape and all good but now i have to wait for my brakes auto barn got the wrong ones so have to wait
