McPikie 0 Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) OK, it all started the other week. I know I should have got it looked at sooner, but hey......... When it had been on my drive all day, I went to reverse the pug off and the rear rose up on the drivers side, like it was stuck, or ad left the handbrake on. I drove forwards and backwards again and it went fine, no issues. "Maybe it was just a bit sticky" I thought............... until last night Driving on a 50mph road, over took a car, hit a dip in the road, and there was a loud, what I can only describe as a noise, and smoke pouring out the back. At first I thought I had blown the engine as it suddenly slowed down. I pulled up, nothing, couldnt see a thing, but the drivers rear tyre was hot and sticky. So, I carried on, thinking nothing of it. It moved, and it all seemed ok, and then it did it again This time sending me a bit sideways. I've got it home now, and on axel stands, but the drum wont go backwards by hand. Will go forwards, albeit needing more force than the otherside, but deffo not backwards. I am thinking a spring has snapped on a shoe, could I be right?? Also, little help needed. I have the hub nut cover, hub nnut and circlip out, but cant get the drum off. Handbrake is off and car in hgear, so is it just a case of whacking it from behind til it comes off, or have I missed a bolt?? Edited March 18, 2008 by McPikie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted March 18, 2008 no is a simple case of bashing the fook ouyt of it!. I had the bearing sieze on my old cti beam and took a hell of a lot of hitting to get it off. Half the bearing race had welded itself to the stub axle! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,541 Posted March 18, 2008 Or get a hub puller that bolts onto the drum with the wheel bolts and then uses a lead screw to pull the drum off. Mine has never failed me and it saves beating the s*it out of the drum/backplate/inner arch/your fingers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnsimister 10 Posted March 18, 2008 My guess is that the brake lining has come unbonded from the shoe. Sometimes, when moisture gets in, rust forms on the braking surface of the drum and causes the lining to stick to it. The bang you heard when moving off was the lining parting company with the drum, but the force involved will help tear the lining off the shoe. So the lining was loose, you went over a bump and it moved, jamming the drum. You might be able to retract the shoes enough to slide the drum off by sticking a screwdriver through a wheel bolt hole and pushing the handbrake lever behind the shoe as per the Haynes manual. Of course I might be completely wrong about this, but hope it helps anyway. John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
