Need to know the torque setting for the rear hub nuts. Am replacing the rear brake shoes which require the removal of the drums and bearings.....not sure how much to tighten them up to. Cheers in advance......Oli.

I did mine a few weeks ago. I dont have the manual to hand for the exact figures but you torque the nut up while spinning the hub to seat the bearings (50nm rings a bell but I cant garuntee it)

You then undo the nut slowly untill you can move the metal plate it seats on, with a screw driver (dont force it). If the plate can move too easily or can wobble around, the nut is too loose. if the plate is hard to move then its still too tight. when its ok, put the split pin through and lock it off.

acording to autodater 175nm

the fronts may need something like that but the rears are taper roller bearings. They shouldnt be torqued up at all (other than during installation to seat the bearings before being backed off again)

More basic question - how the hell do the brakes/adjuster fit on?? Seems like the reatining clips are miles too loose (compared to any drums I've used before!) Anybody willing to scan the relevant pages of the haynes manual in and post it up or e-mail to me??? Cheers Oli.

I found the corsa drums to be the worst brakes I have ever worked on. When reassembling it, its an absolute pain to keep together untill every last clip is back on.

u2u sent btw.

[Edited on 3/2/07 by Mr Clive]