BRAKES
(i) Jack up the vehicle, remove the
wheels, and disconnect the rod
from handbrake lever.
(U) Remove the brake drum and shoes.
Disconnect the pressure pipe
union from the cylinder, and
remove the rubber dust cover from
rear of backplate.
(iii)
By using a screwdriver, prise the
retaining plate and spring plate
apart, then tap the retaining plate
from beneath the neck of the
wheel cylinder.
(iv) Withdraw the handbrake lever
from between the backplate and
wheel cylinder.
(v) Remove the spring late and
distance piece, and
&ally
the
wheel cylinder from the backplate.
(b)
Refitting the Rear Wheel
Cylinder
Mount the wheel cylinder on to the
backplate with the neck through the
large slot. Replace the distance piece
between cylinder neck and backplate,
with the open end away from hand-
brake lever location. The two cranked
lips must also be away from the
backplate.
Insert the spring plate between the
distance piece and backplate, also with
open end away from handbrake lever
location and the two cranked lips away
from the backplate.
Replace handbrake lever. Locate the
J'
late between the distance
piece an spring plate (open end
towards the handbrake
lever), tap into
position until the two cranked tips of
the spring plate locate in the retaining
plate.
Fit the rubber dust cover. Attach the
pressure pipe union to the cylinder
and connection to the handbrake lever.
Replace the shoes, brake drum, and
bleed the system. Finally re-fit wheels.
(c) Fitting Replacement
Shoes
(i)
Jack up the car and remove road
wheels and brake drums.
(ii)
Remove the holding down springs
by turning the washer under the
peg head. Lift one of the shoes out
of the slots
in
the adjuster
link
and
wheel cylinder piston. Both shoes
complete with springs can then
be removed. Place a rubber band
round the wheel cylinder to keep
piston in place.
(iii) Clean down the backplate, check
wheel cylinders for leaks and free-
dom of motion.
(iv) Check adjusters for easy working
and
turn
back (anti-clockwise) to
full
"
off" position. Lubricate
where necessary with Girling
White Brake Grease.
(v) Smear the shoe platforms and the
operating and abutment ends of
the new shoes with
Girling White
Brake Grease.
(vi)
Fit the two new shoe return
springs to the new shoes (with
the shorter spring at the adjuster
end) from shoe to shoe and
between shoe web and backplate.
Locate one shoe in the adjuster
link
and wheel cylinder piston
slots, then prise over the opposite
shoe into its relative position.
Remove rubber band. Insert the
hold down peg through hole in
backplate, and replace spring and
cupped washers smeared with
Girling White Brake Grease.
(vii) Make sure drums are cleaned and
free from grease, etc., then refit.
(viii)
Adjust brakes.
(ix)
Refit road wheels and jack down.
Note.-The first shoe has the lining
positioned towards the heel of
the shoe and the second shoe
towards the toe or operating end
in both L.H. and R.H. brake
assemblies.
Several hard applications of the
pedal should be made to ensure
all
the parts are working satis-
factorily and the shoes bedding to
the drums, then the brakes should
be
tested
in
a quiet road before
normal running is resumed.
Handbrake
Setting-refer to
Fig.
1.
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