Tried fitting my rear drum brakes tonight and failed miserably. (and yes NS Dev, i know you told me this would happen about 3 years ago).

Obviously having had 3 axles (escort, sierra and de-dion) in the lifetime of the car I'm now not sure if i've got the right set of brakes.

Can someone (please)
a) photograph there sierra drum brakes workings (and say if they're off the 1.3 / 1.6 or 1.8 /2.0
b) tell me its not just me finding it impossible to stretch the springs
c) send me a pdf of the brakes as i'm not convinced my haynes manual is anyway correct!

Oh, and if someone could tell me where hte other set of brake that match the ones i'm trying to fit are, i'd be really happy (esp if you tell me i've got the capri set and the sierra set is just behind xxxxx)

These are on a 1.6. There's a couple more pics in my archive from different angles.
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Hope it helps
Dom

cheers - they look just like mine ...... now how the heck did you stretch the springs?

They seem 10x harder than the old mini i used to have!


And are the pictures from the nearside or offside of the car?

[Edited on 2/6/09 by MikeR]

It was a while ago, but it I remember it being a struggle.

I put one end of the spring in and then stretched it by putting a screwdriver in the U of the spring, just make sure that no part of you is going to be in the way if/when the screwdriver slips!

The pic is the nearside.

i might be wrong but a tip i was once given was to place the springs in place in the holes on the shoes before putting them onto the back plate, as this gives you more leverage & not so much "fighting " with the springs.
hth.
regards
andy

These are mine, again off a 1.6



Cheers

Rich

Second the posting about placing the springs in the holes to give more leverage you can use a pry bar or screwdriver to help to lever the shoe into place

This is the PDF of the Sierra 2.0 brakes in the Haynes manual: -


Sierra Brakes from Haynes Manl

I can confirm they're correct - I used it for reference when reassembling my rear brakes this winter.

When I took mine off, they were on the wrong side (handbrake cable entered from the rear and pulled on the front shoe). When I put it back together the correct way, the cable approaches from the front (after making an S shape) and correcly pulls on the rear shoe.

As for stretching the springs, after lots of swearing I think what I did was: -

* Fasten the shoes together at the top adjuster.
* Insert handbrake cable then secure rear shoe with retainer.
* Attach bottom spring, with front shoe loose.
* Rest bottom of front shoe on where it pivots then stretch the whole thing with screwdriver onto the wheel cylinder.

All the while, fully expecting it all to ping off and smack me in the face

I should have photo's of it assembled on my camera at home, if no other pics are posted before tonight.

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Originally posted by MikeR
cheers - they look just like mine ...... now how the heck did you stretch the springs?

They seem 10x harder than the old mini i used to have!


And are the pictures from the nearside or offside of the car?

[Edited on 2/6/09 by MikeR]

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